Appetitive behavior: Impact of amygdala-dependent mechanisms of emotional learning

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 985, Issue , 2003, Pages 233-250

  Everitt, Barry J ^a   Cardinal, Rudolf N ^a   Parkinson, John A ^a   Robbins, Trevor W ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Appetitive behavior; Approach behavior; Autoshaping; Conditioned motivation; Conditioned reinforcement; Emotional behavior; Pavlovian conditioning; Pavlovian instrumental transfer

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APPETITE; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0037276699     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07085.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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