Evolution of an elemental theory of Pavlovian conditioning

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-265

  Wagner, Allan R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 48249123094     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.36.3.253     Document Type: Article

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