Rapid Reacquisition of Fear to a Completely Extinguished Context Is Replaced by Transient Impairment With Additional Extinction Training

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-313

  Leung, Hiu Tin ^a   Bailey, Glynis K ^a   Laurent, Vincent ^a   Westbrook, R Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

conditioned fear; context; extinction; reacquisition; recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; HABITUATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34548844169     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.33.3.299     Document Type: Article

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