Posttraining shifts in the overshadowing stimulus-unconditioned stimulus interval alleviates the overshadowing deficit

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-27

  Blaisdell, Aaron P ^a   Denniston, James C ^a   Miller, Ralph R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRINKING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; RAT; RECALL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DRINKING; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032609148     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.25.1.18     Document Type: Article

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