Inhibition and superconditioning

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 454-459

  Williams, Ben A ^a   McDevitt, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COLOR VISION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0036716371     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00480     Document Type: Article

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