Detection of invariants in probabilistic relations between events through exploratory behaviors

Research has demonstrated that individuals are sensitive to contingent probabilistic relations between events in the environment. However, factors underlie this adaptation not fully understood. Thus, aim of study was assess whether repetitions and variations participants’ responses contributed detection invariance environments. In Experiment 1, participants were exposed initial final trajectories an arrow under probabilities 1.0, 0.9 0.8. first half session, arrows followed predominantly straight trajectories, but second they changed broken ones, or vice versa. 2, sessions began with no relation arrows’ (p= 0.5), 0.8 presented for trajectories. both experiments, as arrow’s became more changeable behavior increased, while constant increased. Results support notion entails exploratory behaviors performed detect invariant information