Evaluating conditioning of related and unrelated stimuli using a compound test

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-74

  Rescorla, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; COMPONENT CONDITION STIMULI; COMPOUND TEST; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SHOCK; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNCONDITIONED STIMULI; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEMALE; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RAT; REACTION TIME; STIMULATION; TASTE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TASTE;

EID: 46649107164     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.36.2.67     Document Type: Article

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