A Java simulator of Rescorla and Wagner%26apos;s prediction error model and configural cue extensions

作者：Alonso Eduardo^*; Mondragon Esther; Fernandez Alberto

来源：Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2012, 108(1): 346-355.

DOI：10.1016/j.cmpb.2012.02.004

• Java simulator
• Open-source
• Platform independent
• Prediction error learning
• Classical conditioning
• Compound stimuli
• Configural cue

In this paper we present the %26quot;R%26W Simulator%26quot; (version 3.0), a Java simulator of Rescorla and Wagner%26apos;s prediction error model of learning. It is able to run whole experimental designs, and compute and display the associative values of elemental and compound stimuli simultaneously, as well as use extra configural cues in generating compound values; it also permits change of the US parameters across phases. The simulator produces both numerical and graphical outputs, and includes a functionality to export the results to a data processor spreadsheet. It is user-friendly, and built with a graphical interface designed to allow neuroscience researchers to input the data in their own %26quot;language%26quot;. It is a cross-platform simulator, so it does not require any special equipment, operative system or support program, and does not need installation. The %26quot;R%26W Simulator%26quot; (version 3.0) is available free.

• 出版日期2012-10