Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 1962 · 32 citations · 8 references
Social SciencesPsychologyExperimental DesignStatisticsLearning CurvesLearning In ExperimentsLearning OutcomesOperant ConditioningAsymptotic Learning ModelsExponential Learning CurvesLearning Curve ModelingLearning Curve Slope AnalysisLearning EffectsModeling Learning CurvesPerformance Changes Across Learning Stages
In a wide variety of learning experiments, cumulated measures of performance turn out to be a power function of practice time or number trials, typically with an exponent between 1 and 2. The effects of various conditions on the course of learning can frequently be described in terms of the two constants of the function.
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S. S. Stevens · Psychological Review · 1957 · 3.4K citations
Learning theory and the new "mental chemistry."
W. K. Estes · Psychological Review · 1960 · 286 citations
The Role of Repetition in Associative Learning
Irvin Rock · The American Journal of Psychology · 1957 · 270 citations