The 30th Anniversary International Australian Learning Group Conference 2019 24th – 26th July 2019 Peppers Blue on Blue Resort Magnetic Island QLD Supported by: 30th Anniversary International Australian Learning Group Conference 24 – 26th July 2019 Magnetic Island QLD Programme Overview Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 24 July 2019 25 July 2019 26 July 2019 8:50 Welcome to Maggie 9:00 Peter Lovibond 9:00 Dominic Tran 9:00 Justin Harris 9:20 Justine Greenaway 9:20 Gonzalo Urcelay 9:20 Justine Fam 9:40 Hilary Don 9:40 Ian Johnston 9:40 Francesca Wong 10:00 Julie Chow 10:00 Scott Gwinn 10:00 Dana Leidl 10:20 Jessica Lee 10:20 Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel 10:20 Morning tea 10:40 Morning tea 10:40 Morning tea 10:40 Laura Corbit 11:10 Ralph Miller 11:00 J Bertran-Gonzalez 11:10 Mike Le Pelley 11:30 Steven Glautier 11:20 Nathan Marchant 11:30 Poppy Watson 11:50 Robert Honey 11:40 Charlotte Bonardi 11:50 Luca Blumhardt 12:10 Douglas Elliffe 12:00 Ignacio Loy 12:10 Anna Thowart 12:30 Evan Livesey 12:20 Lunch 12:30 Lunch 12:50 Lunch 13:00 Dominic Dwyer 13:20 Simone Rehn 13:20 Ann Meulders 13:50 Anne Macaskill 13:40 Michael Kendig 13:40 Ann-Kathrin Zenzes 14:10 Ottmar Lipp 14:00 Anthony McGregor 14:00 Kirsten Barnes 14:30 Evelina Glogan 14:20 Camilla Luck 14:50 Ian McLaren 14:20 Afternoon Tea 14:40 Anastasia Chalkia 15:10 Caroline Moul Keynote Address by 14:40 15:00 Afternoon Tea David Shanks Posters & Afternoon Keynote Address by 15:30 15:40 End of presentations 15:20 Tea Kate Wassum History of ALG by 16:30 16:20 End of presentations Bob Boakes 17:00 End of presentations 19:00 Welcome BBQ 19:00 Conference Dinner 30th Anniversary International Australian Learning Group Conference 24 – 26th July 2019 Magnetic Island QLD Programme Wednesday 24th July Session 1 Chair: Anna Thowart 8:50 Welcome Address 9:00 Causal structures in human inhibitory learning. Peter F. Lovibond & Jessica C. Lee University of New South Wales 9:20 Blocking and cognitive reflection in causal learning. Justine Greenaway & Evan J. Livesey University of Sydney 9:40 Frequency effects in causal learning. Hilary J. Don & Darrell A. Worthy Texas A&M University 10:00 Finding the base-rate: Effects of trial sequencing on the strength of illusory causation. Julie Y.L. Chow & Evan J. Livesey University of Sydney 10:20 Modeling individual differences and multiple rules in generalisation. Jessica Lee1, Peter Lovibond1, Brett Hayes1, & Stephan Lewandowsky2 1University of New South Wales, 2University of Bristol Morning Tea 10:40 – 11:10 Session 2 Chair: Justin Harris 11:10 ACQUISITION of Associative Memory is Driven by TOTAL PREDICTIVE Error-Reduction: No!, No!, and No! Ralph R. Miller & Cody W. Polack State University of New York at Binghamton 11:30 Non-local influences on associative learning: new data and further model evaluation. Steven Glautier Southampton University 11:50 HeiDI: How excitation and inhibition determine ideo-motion Robert C. Honey, Dominic M. Dwyer, & Adela F. Iliescu Cardiff University 12:10 Testing behavioural data for trend using rank permutation. Douglas Elliffe & Martin Elliffe The University of Auckland 30th Anniversary International Australian Learning Group Conference 24 – 26th July 2019 Magnetic Island QLD 12:30 Learning to predict neural stimulation: Effects of self-initiation and temporal cuing on motor- evoked potentials. Evan J. Livesey, Dominic M.D. Tran, & Nicolas A. McNair University of Sydney Lunch 12:50 – 13:50 Session 3 Chair: Gonzalo Urcelay 13:50 Delay discounting and temporal bisection: When people are less willing to wait does time subjectively drag? Anne C. Macaskill, Kate Witt, & Maree J. Hunt Victoria University of Wellington 14:10 Evaluative conditioning affects subsequent fear learning. Ottmar V. Lipp, Camilla C. Luck, & Alana Muir Curtin University 14:30 Generalization of operantly acquired avoidance to novel but similar movements using a robotic arm reaching paradigm. Eveliina Glogan1, 2, Irene Gatzounis1, 2, & Ann Meulders1, 2 1Experimental Health Psychology, Maastricht University; 2Research Group Health Psychology, KU Leuven 14:50 Using tDCS to Modulate Perceptual Learning and Face Recognition. Ciro Civile, Rosamund McLaren, & Ian McLaren University of Exeter 15:10 The roots of all evil: can a bias in attention and associative learning explain psychopathy? Caroline Moul1 & Tom Beesley2 1University of Sydney, 2University of Lancaster 15:30 Poster Session and afternoon tea 30th Anniversary Special Talk Chair: Anne Swinbourne 16:30 A history of 30 years of the ALG Bob Boakes University of Sydney Welcome BBQ Dinner 19:00 30th Anniversary International Australian Learning Group Conference 24 – 26th July 2019 Magnetic Island QLD th Thursday 25 July Session 1 Chair: Ian McLaren 9:00 Examining controlled versus involuntary motor preparation with the Perruchet effect and TMS. Dominic M.D. Tran, Justin A. Harris, Irina M. Harris, & Evan J. Livesey University of Sydney 9:20 Delayed consequences promote habits in rats and humans. Gonzalo P. Urcelay1, Selina Chadha1, Sietse Jonkman2, Omar D. Perez3, & Anthony Dickinson4 1University of Leicester, 2The Boston Consulting Group, 3California Institute of Technology, 4University of Cambridge 9:40 Simultaneous acquisition of allocentric and egocentric reference frames in human spatial learning. Ian Johnston, Blake Segula, Kate Thompson University of Sydney 10:00 Electrophysiological investigation of learned attentional biases. O. Scott Gwinn1, Reneshree Govender1, Salvatore Russo2, Irina Baetu2, Mike Nicholls1 & Oren Griffiths1 1Flinders University, 2University of Adelaide Morning Tea 10:20 – 10:40 Session 2 Chair: Kate Wassum 10:40 The role of noradrenaline in updating predictions. Laura Corbit The University of Toronto 11:00 Interneuron-like role of D2-projection systems in the functional parcellation of striatal plasticity during goal-directed learning. J Bertran-Gonzalez, Bernard W Balleine, & Miriam Matamales Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales 11:20 Reward seeking under motivational conflict: behavioral and neuronal mechanisms. Nathan Marchant1 Allison McDonald1, Isis Alonso1, Dustin Schetters1, Sybren de Kloet2, & Taco de Vries1 1 Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences, VUmc, Amsterdam University Medical Center, 2 Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University 11:40 Recognition memory impairments in APPswe/Ps1dE9 mice: relevance for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Charlotte Bonardi1, Jasper Robinson1, Marie-Christine Pardon2, & Paul Armstrong3 1School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, 2Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, 3School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds 30th Anniversary International Australian Learning Group Conference 24 – 26th July 2019 Magnetic Island QLD 12:00 Contextual effects by circadian cues in conditioned tentacle lowering in snails Cornu aspersum: Renewal and Latent Inhibition. Judit Muñiz-Moreno, Manuel Rivero, & Ignacio Loy Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo Lunch 12:20 – 13:00 Session 3 Chair: Robert Honey 13:00 Consumption analysis as a welfare measure: Examples from mouse handling and rat intraperitoneal injections. Dominic Dwyer Cardiff University 13:20 Prior exposure to sucrose makes saccharin less acceptable: Only incentive contrast or something more? Simone Rehn1, Robert A. Boakes1 & Kieron B. Rooney2 1 School of Psychology and 2Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney 13:40 Does a cookie a day lead memory astray? Identifying how different schedules of access to unhealthy diets affect cognition in rats. Michael D. Kendig1, R. Fred Westbrook2, & Margaret J. Morris1 1School of Medical Sciences and 2School of Psychology, University of New South Wales 14:00 Spatial stability and cue type do not influence blocking in spatial learning. Anthony McGregor1, Adina Lew2, & Matthew G. Buckley1,3 1Durham University, 2Lancaster University, 3De Montfort University Afternoon Tea 14:20 International Keynote Address Chair: Peter Lovibond 14:40 Testing your memory: The many consequences of retrieval on long-term learning and retention. David Shanks University College London 30th Anniversary International Australian Learning Group Conference 24 – 26th July 2019 Magnetic Island QLD Friday 26th July Session 1 Chair: Laura Corbit 9:00 Patterns of reinforced and non-reinforced trials during conditioning affect subsequent extinction. Justin Harris & Jonas C. K. Chan University of Sydney 9:20 The perirhinal cortex and basolateral amygdala have different roles in the expression of sensory preconditioned fear. Justine Fam, Vincent Laurent, R. Fred Westbrook, & Nathan M. Holmes University of New South Wales 9:40 The perirhinal cortex encodes, stores and retrieves associations that form in a sensory preconditioning procedure. Francesca Wong, R. Fred Westbrook1 & Nathan M. Holmes1 University of New South Wales 10:00 A “synaptic tag and capture”-like mechanism (probably) does not underlie the consolidation of second-order fear. Dana M. Leidl1, Belinda P. P. Lay2, Frederick Westbrook1, & Nathan M. Holmes1 1University of New South Wales, 2Center for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology, Department of Psychology Concordia University 10:20 Phasic activity of basolateral amygdala neurons during concurrent Pavlovian and instrumental aversive learning Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel & Gavan P. McNally University of New South Wales Morning Tea 10:40 – 11:10 Session 2 Chair: David Shanks 11:10 Measuring habit formation through