Resistance to Extinction of Conditioned Odor Perceptions: Evaluative Conditioning Is Not Unique

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 423-440

  Stevenson, Richard J ^a   Boakes, Robert A ^b   Wilson, Judith P ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TASTE;

EID: 0034154263     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.2.423     Document Type: Article

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