Safety signals from avoidance learning but not from yoked classical conditioning training pass both summation and retardation tests for inhibition

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Cándido, Antonio ^a   González, Felisa ^a   Brugada, Isabel De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Avoidance; Classical conditioning; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LEARNING; SAFETY; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; JUMPING; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LICKING; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHOCK; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942444633     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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