Contextual conditioning in infants, but not older animals, is facilitated by CS conditioning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-59

  Brasser, Susan M ^a,b   Spear, Norman E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THEORY;

EID: 0345549656     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(03)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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