Contrasting Reduced Overshadowing and Blocking

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-359

  Wheeler, Daniel S ^a   Miller, Ralph R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blocking; extended comparator hypothesis; latent inhibition; reduced overshadowing; trial spacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; ODOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ODORS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 34548822947     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.33.3.349     Document Type: Article

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