?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Bio-Logical+Theory+of+Animal+Learning&rft.creator=Guez%2C+Dr+David&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.description=This+article+provides+the+foundation+for+a+new+predictive+theory+of+animal+learning+that+is+based+upon+a+simple+logical+model.+The+knowledge+of+experimental+subjects+at+a+given+time+is+described+using+logical+equations.+These+logical+equations+are+then+used+to+predict+a+subject%E2%80%99s+response+when+presented+with+a+known+or+a+previously+unknown+situation.+This+new+theory+suc-+cessfully+anticipates+phenomena+that+existing+theories+predict%2C+as+well+as+phenomena+that+they+cannot.+It+provides+a+theoretical+account+for+phenomena+that+are+beyond+the+domain+of+existing+models%2C+such+as+extinction+and+the+detection+of+novelty%2C+from+which+%E2%80%9Cexternal+inhibition%E2%80%9D+can+be+explained.+Examples+of+the+methods+applied+to+make+predictions+are+given+using+previously+published+results.+The+present+theory+proposes+a+new+way+to+envision+the+minimal+functions+of+the+nervous+system%2C+and+provides+possible+new+insights+into+the+way+that+brains+ultimately+create+and+use+knowledge+about+the+world.&rft.publisher=MIT&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7171%2F1%2FGuez_2009.pdf&rft.identifier=++Guez%2C+Dr+David++(2009)+A+Bio-Logical+Theory+of+Animal+Learning.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7171%2F