The influence of comparison between similar stimuli on the effectiveness of their unique features

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Lombas, Andrés S ^a   Alonso, Gumersinda ^a   Rodríguez, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison; Perceptual learning; Stimulus salience; Temporal interval

Indexed keywords

WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEARNING; RODENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOR; FOOD AVERSION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TASTE;

RATTUS;

EID: 40649121248     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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