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ALTSim is a MATLAB-based simulator of several associative learning models, including Pearce’s configural model, the extended configural model, the Rescorla-Wagner model, the unique cue hypothesis, the modified unique cue hypothesis, the replaced elements model, and Harris’s elemental model. It allows for specifying all relevant parameters, as well as exact stimulus sequences by graphical user interfaces. It is an easy-to-use tool that facilitates evaluating and comparing the featured associative learning models. ALTSim is available free of charge from www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~lachnit/ALTSim/.
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This research was part of the doctoral thesis of the first author and was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) graduate program NeuroAct (DFG 885) and by a grant to the fourth author (DFG La 564/19-1).
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Thorwart, A., Schultheis, H., König, S. et al. ALTSim: A MATLAB simulator for current associative learning theories. Behavior Research Methods 41, 29–34 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.41.1.29
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.41.1.29