An analysis of sequential variables in Pavlovian conditioning employing extended and limited acquisition training

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-303

  Miller, Ronald Mellado ^a   Capaldi, E John ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Discrimination; Extinction; Learning; Partial reinforcement effect; Sequential

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750471196     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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