Initial excitatory conditioning with the truly random control procedure in rats: The effects of density of the conditioned stimulus

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 135-143

  Kitaguchi, Katsuya ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shoin Higashi Women's Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conditioned stimulus (CS) density; Initial excitatory conditioning; Licking suppression; Rat; Truly random control (TRC) procedure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034375714     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00139     Document Type: Article

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