Talk:Rescorla–Wagner model

Equation

can someone post the equations of R-W model Kpmiyapuram 13:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Done, but it needs to be much better explained. – Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 16:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Useful?

Why not just link directly to the Scholarpedia article, which is by definition of superior quality, rather than have this article at all?

This page is written in for a more general audience and is better suited for undergraduates, for example. --75.68.238.88 00:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

The opening sentence —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.104.14.30 (talk) 23:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm concerned about the first sentence, introducing the subject.

"The Rescorla-Wagner model is a model of classical conditioning in which the animal is theorized to learn from the discrepancy between what it predicted would happen and what actually happened."

I'm not an expert, but I am studying this topic, and from my understanding this sentence projects the action of "predicting" where it should not be. The "prediction" is a construct within the model, such that outcomes can be predicted from stimulus associations. The animal, though, is not "predicting" anything. I think it's fairly important that this be fixed, as it needlessly anthropomorphizes a purely operational description of the learning process.  – Asher {131.104.14.30 (talk) 23:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)}