Extinction of conditioned taste aversions: Effects of concentration and overshadowing

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-239

  Taylor, Kathryn M ^a   Boakes, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; MALE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TASTE;

EID: 0039484366     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724990143000270     Document Type: Article

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