A comparator view of pavlovian and differential inhibition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-283

  Urcelay, Gonzalo P ^a,b   Miller, Ralph R ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential inhibition; Extended comparator hypothesis; Pavlovian inhibition; Posttraining extinction

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 33746619742     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.271     Document Type: Article

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