In search of consolidation of short-term memory in nonhuman animals     

Amanda Calder  K. Geoffrey White 《Learning & behavior》2014,42(1):83-92

Wixted (Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 235 – 269, 2004) has argued that forgetting is due to consolidation failure. Previous research with humans and nonhuman animals has reported evidence for consolidation in intermediate or long-term memory (LTM). The present study examines whether consolidation occurs in short-term memory in pigeons. Delayed matching-to-sample accuracy was reduced when retroactive interference (an extraneous task in Experiment 1 or houselight illumination in Experiment 2) was interpolated in the retention interval. Accuracy was not greater, however, when interference occurred at the end of the retention interval, as compared with when it occurred at the beginning. That is, there was no evidence for consolidation in short-term memory for pigeons. We did find, however, the beginning–end effect originally reported by Roberts and Grant (Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 4, 219–236, 1978) and the recovery from forgetting reported by White and Brown (Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 96, 177–189, 2011). The results are discussed in relation to temporal distinctiveness theory as an alternative to consolidation.  相似文献   

Backs to the wall,or you in your small corner?     

Geoffrey Smaldon 《Health information and libraries journal》1996,13(3):169-171

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Copyright and the Librarian     

Geoffrey Crabb 《Health information and libraries journal》1986,3(4):257-258

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Obstacles to Liberal Education in Australia     

Geoffrey Partington 《比较教育学》1993,29(1):93-105

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The future of higher education: a Conservative view1     

Geoffrey Strickland 《Higher Education Quarterly》1982,36(2):113-121

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The application of theoretical research findings to a practical learning problem     

Geoffrey W. Beeson 《Research in Science Education》1977,7(1):223-230

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The paradox of tolerance     

Geoffrey Brown 《Higher Education Quarterly》1982,36(4):333-336

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Test in English?     

Geoffrey Kilner 《Higher Education Quarterly》1966,20(3):284-288

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EUROPEAN PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Bauer  Martin; Durant  John; Evans  Geoffrey 《Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research》1994,6(2):163-186

In this paper we explore the relationships between public interestin, knowledge of, and attitudes towards science and technologyand the level of industrialization in 12 countries of the EuropeanCommunity. Using the 1989 Eurobarometer survey no 31 (N=11,678),we constructed four scales measuring interest, knowledge, generalattitudes to science, and support for EC funded science foreach of the 12 EC countries. We found that overall factual scientificknowledge correlates moderately positively with interest andattitudes to science. For example the Netherlands and GreatBritain have relatively high levels of knowledge, interest,and support for science in general. Spain and Greece have relativelylow levels of knowledge, interest, and support for science ingeneral. However, the simple correlation hides more complexrelationships. First, the variance within and across countriesof knowledge, attitudes and interest increases with nationallevels of knowledge. This indicates greater degrees of polarizationof both support and interest. Second, the data indicates a post-industrialismeffect: knowledge, interest in, and attitudes to science showa curvilinear relationship with levels of industrialization.The decline of interest in science and the less positive attitudesin highly developed countries requires further exploration.Third, we found, that the consistency of the knowledge and theattitude measures declines as the national level of knowledgeincreases. We suggest that this reflects a knowledge-ignoranceparadox and knowledge specialization among informed populations.Support for EC level science follows a different pattern. Wefound that France, Italy, and Spain show high levels of supportfor EC level science. This is not the case in Great Britainand Germany. The pattern suggests that attitudes towards ECscience are formed on the basis of national level scientificstrength: if the national science base is strong, EC scienceinitiatives find less support and vice versa. These findingsrepresent a first step towards a comparative assessment of publicunderstanding of science in EC countries.  相似文献   

Universities today: between the corporate state and the market     

Geoffrey Price 《Higher Education Quarterly》1984,39(1):43-58

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