Comparing excitatory backward and forward conditioning

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

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-23

  Chang, Raymond C ^a   Stout, Steven ^a   Miller, Ralph R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REVERSAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842346764     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724990344000015     Document Type: Review

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