Beyond potentiation: Synergistic conditioning in flavor-aversion learning

Brain and Mind

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-408

  Batsell, W Robert ^a   Blankenship, Aaron G ^a  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Potentiation; RAT; Synergistic conditioning; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MODEL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE AVERSION; THEORY;

EID: 0038374886     PISSN: 13891987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022915512811     Document Type: Review

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