Blocking of Pavlovian conditioning in humans

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-199

  Arcediano, Francisco ^a   Matute, Helena ^a   Miller, Ralph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031139079     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1996.0957     Document Type: Article

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