Modulation of the acquisition of the rabbit eyeblink conditioned response by conditioned contextual stimuli

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-117

  Gewirtz, Jonathan C ^a   Brandon, Susan E ^a   Wagner, Allan R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLINKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MALE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BLINKING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 0031609269     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.24.1.106     Document Type: Article

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