A Clarification of the Nature of Backward Excitatory Conditioning

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-80

  Silva, Francisco J ^a   Timberlake, William ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002383204     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1999.1042     Document Type: Article

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