Associative Change in the Representations Acquired During Conditional Discriminations: Further Analysis of the Nature of Conditional Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-128

  Allman, Melissa J ^a,b   Ward Robinson, Jasper ^a,b,c   Honey, R C ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842853952     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.30.2.118     Document Type: Article

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