Experimental manipulation of a unique cue in Pavlovian SCR conditioning with humans

Biological Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 105-129

  Lachnit, Harald ^a   Kimmel, Herbert D ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b 1931 Woodbury Blvd ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Configural conditioning; Humans; Pavlovian conditioning; Skin conductance response; Unique cue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDITIONING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0033844420     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(00)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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