Protocol for building a cognitive map of structural knowledge in humans by integrating abstract relationships from separate experiences

Summary: Humans are adept at learning the latent structure of the relationship between abstract concepts and can build a cognitive map from limited experiences. However, examining internal representations of the cognitive map is challenging because they are unobservable and differ across individuals...

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Main Authors: Seongmin A. Park, Douglas S. Miller, Erie D. Boorman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:STAR Protocols
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166721001301
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Summary:Summary: Humans are adept at learning the latent structure of the relationship between abstract concepts and can build a cognitive map from limited experiences. However, examining internal representations of the cognitive map is challenging because they are unobservable and differ across individuals. Here, we introduce a behavioral training protocol designed for human participants to implicitly build a map of two-dimensional social hierarchies while making a series of binary choices and analytic tools for measuring the internal representation of this structural knowledge.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Park et al. (2020a, 2020b).
ISSN:2666-1667