Genetic influences on human conditionability: A twin study of the conditioned eyeblink response

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-102

  Merrill, Kari A ^a   Steinmetz, Joseph E ^a   Viken, Richard J ^a   Rose, Richard J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Eyeblink conditioning; Heritability; Individual differences; Test retest stability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032985359     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021656405314     Document Type: Article

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