From Basic to Applied Science: The Case of the Differential Outcomes Procedure
A major health and societal challenge nowadays is how to ameliorate and/or delay the onset of cognitive decline in humans suffering from diverse pathologies. Often, solutions can be found in basic science conducted in the laboratory through the use of very well-known experimental procedures. In the present review article, we set out to present the main findings from a research line that uses an experimental procedure originally discovered in animal [...]
Let’s go beyond “the effect of”: reappraising the impact of ordinary activities on cognition
The demands of today’s society for interventions that optimize cognitive abilities [...]
Experiencing Extinction Facilitates Subsequent Acquisition of Positive, but not Negative Patterning in Human Predictive Learning
Two experiments evaluated whether the experience of extinction facilitates subsequent acquisition [...]
Validation of a reading comprehension efficiency test for Spanish university students
Despite the importance of reading literacy in adulthood, research in [...]
A cue specifically associated with extinction reduces response recovery in human predictive learning
An experiment evaluated whether a stimulus associated with extinction can [...]
