Freud meets Skinner: Hyperbolic curves, elliptical theories, and Ainslie Interests

Federico Sanabria; Peter R. Killeen

doi:10.1017/S0140525X05330111

Freud meets Skinner: Hyperbolic curves, elliptical theories, and Ainslie Interests

Federico Sanabria, Peter R. Killeen

Psychology

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Abstract

Ainslie advances Freud's and Skinner's theories of homunculi by basing their emergent complexity on the interaction of simple algorithms. The rules of competition and cooperation of these interests are underspecified, but they provide a new way of thinking about the basic elements of conditioning, particularly conditioned stimuli (CSs).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	660-661
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05330111
State	Published - Oct 1 2005

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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Behavioral Neuroscience

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