Learning about sex: Conditioning of partner preference: Theoretical comment on Coria-Avila et al. (2005)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1136-1139

  Erskine, Mary S ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Consummatory behaviors; Female sexual motivation; Olfactory preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 25444518189     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.4.1136     Document Type: Review

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