Associative activation of stimulus representations restores lost salience: Implications for perceptual learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-155

  Hall, Geoffrey ^a   Blair, C A J ^a   Artigas, Antonio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Perceptual learning; Rat; Stimulus salience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TASTE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TASTE;

EID: 33744756645     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.2.145     Document Type: Article

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