Spatial Generalization in Operant Learning: Lessons from Professional Basketball
Figure 3
Matching and deviations from matching.
A. The fraction of 3 pt FG attempts as function of the fractional 3 pt income, defined as the fraction of points gained by the offensive team from the time of the 3 pt shot until the time that the opposing team got hold of the ball. Each point corresponds to a single player that passed our selection criterion (same as in Fig. 2, see Materials and Methods) and the black diagonal line denotes the behavior expected from the matching law. B. The return as a function of the distance from the basket for 2 pt (blue) and 3 pt (red) FGs. The matching law predicts that the returns would be equal. Each point is an average over all players in A and error bars are SEM.