Associative Learning by Classical Conditioning in Liquid Crystal Network Actuators

An Associative Neural Network Model of Classical Conditioning

In this paper we present a new associative model of classical conditioning based on a neural network. The new model is compared with a number of other well-known models of classical conditioning. The experiments that are used to evaluate the new model are commonly used and they represent the set of tasks that a model of classical conditioning needs to address in order to be successful. The new ...

Non-associative learning: Habituation and sensitization Associative Learning Classical Conditioning Instrument Conditioning Biological Constraints on Learning Examples of Learning in "Natural Contexts" Adequacy of Associative Learning Theories and Complex Learning Cognitive Views of Behavior Optimal Foraging Theory and Learning

These questions span the breadth of approaches and ideas concerning the evolution of behaviors. We have already seen clear cases of innate programming or hardwiring of the nervous system. Complex behaviors are the result of relatively simple neural circuits. Fixed action patterns (FAPs) such as the response of the feeding toad to different stimuli is filtered by the receptive field (Chapter 14)...

Associative Metric for Learning in Factored MDPs based on Classical Conditioning

Associative Learning: Pavlovian Conditioning without Awareness

Can Pavlovian conditioning occur outside of awareness? Yes, according to a new study showing that, under a particular set of circumstances, visual stimuli can become associated with aversive outcomes without participants ever seeing the stimuli.

Modeling liquid crystal elastomers: actuators, pumps, and robots

We model the dynamics of shape evolution of liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) in three dimensions using finite element elastodynamics. The model predicts the macroscopic mechanical response induced by changes in nematic order, e.g. by heating or cooling through the isotropic/nematic transition or, in azo-doped materials, by exposure to light. We model the performance of LCE actuator devices inclu...