A componential view of configural cues in generalization and discrimination in Pavlovian conditioning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 67-72

  Brandon, Susan E ^a   Vogel, Edgar H ^a   Wagner, Allan R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Configural; Generalization; Pavlovian; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034052531     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00185-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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