Transfer and Counterconditioning of Conditional Control in the Rabbit Nictitating Membrane Response

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 295-316

  Weidemann, Gabrielle ^a   Kehoe, E James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, EYELID; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; RABBITS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031261517     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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