Past experience influences the processing of stimulus compounds in human Pavlovian conditioning

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-188

  Melchers, Klaus G ^a,c   Lachnit, Harald ^a   Shanks, David R ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 4043167796     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0023-9690(03)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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