Rescorla-Wagner model
<p>Mar 7, 2009 11:39 AM
 
 
associative mechanisms do not simply count co-occurrences but rather <b>evaluate those co-occurrences in a broader context of the stream of events. </b>Casually put, associative <a title="Learning (stub)" class="stub" href="/article/Learning">learning</a> occurs not because two events co-occur but because<b> that co-occurrence is unanticipated on the basis of current associative strength.</b> The Rescorla-Wagner model attempts to capture that casual idea in a more formal way.</p>