Dissociation of the blocking of conditioned eyeblink and conditioned fear following a shift in US locus

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-470

  Betts, Stephanie L ^a   Brandon, Susan E ^a   Wagner, Allan R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; RABBIT; REINFORCEMENT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030456994     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199017     Document Type: Article

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