Cross-modal transfer of conditioned suppression in rats: Effects of US intensity and extinction of the initial conditioning task

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-261

  Doe, Nobutaka ^a   Nakajima, Sadahiko ^a   Tamai, Noriko ^a,b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osakafu Eiseikai Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conditioned suppression; Extinction; Fear conditioning; General transfer; Rats; Shock intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043164909     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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