Temporally Massed CS Presentations Generate More Fear Extinction than Spaced Presentations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-333

  Cain, Christopher K ^a   Blouin, Ashley M ^a   Barad, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONING; FEAR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOUSE; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0142215280     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.29.4.323     Document Type: Article

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