Conditioning, reinforcement and implicit learning tasks

Contingencies between stimuli, actions and outcomes are learned from experience, with or without explicit instruction; learning curves, choice probabilities and perseveration are the measures.

This family contains 10 tasks.

Task	Short definition	Processes
Artificial Grammar Learning Task	Exposure to letter strings generated by a finite-state grammar followed by a grammaticality judgment on novel…	4
Causal Learning Task	Participants observe cue-outcome pairings across trials and judge the causal strength of the relationship; jud…	4
Instrumental Conditioning Task	Actions are reinforced by contingent outcomes under defined schedules; response rate and choice probability ac…	5
Multi-Armed Bandit Task	Repeated choice among options with unknown or changing reward distributions; choice sequences dissociate explo…	5
Pavlovian Fear Conditioning Task	A neutral CS is paired with an aversive US (shock, loud sound); conditioned responses (SCR, startle, amygdala…	5
Probabilistic Classification Learning Task	Multi-cue probabilistic prediction of a binary outcome with trial-by-trial feedback; learning curves index gra…	5
Probabilistic Selection Task	Learn to choose between stimulus pairs through probabilistic feedback, then select among novel recombinations;…	5
Reversal Learning Task	After initial stimulus-reward learning, the contingencies switch; perseveration and reversal speed index behav…	4
Serial Reaction Time Task	Sequential key-press responses to cued locations; RT speedup on repeating vs random sequences indexes implicit…	5
Two-Stage Decision Task	Sequential two-choice task with probabilistic transitions to second-stage states and drifting rewards; choice…	5

Assignments marked for review

The filing of these tasks is a judgement call; the note says why they are here and where else they could go.

Task	Note
Serial Reaction Time Task	Implicit sequence learning through key presses; could be filed under motor performance