Inhibition of fear-potentiated startle can be detected after the offset of a feature trained in a serial feature-negative discrimination

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-14

  Falls, William A ^a,c   Davis, Michael ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEAR; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030636798     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.23.1.3     Document Type: Review

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