Latent inhibition as a measure of learned inattention: Some problems and solutions

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-83

  Lubow, R E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Latent inhibition; Parkinson's disease; Schizophrenia; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LATENT INHIBITION; LEARNING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030727596     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)02307-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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