Trial and intertrial durations in Pavlovian conditioning: Issues of learning and performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 433-450

  Lattal, K Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001573242     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.25.4.433     Document Type: Article

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