Shock sensitization of startle: Learned or unlearned fear?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contextual conditioning; Rats; Shock sensitization; Startle; Unlearned fear

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEAR; LEARNING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; RATS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0034108160     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00189-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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