Explicit disassociation of a conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus during extinction training reduces both time to asymptotic extinction and spontaneous recovery of a conditioned taste aversion

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-220

  Andrew Mickley, G ^a   DiSorbo, Anthony ^a   Wilson, Gina N ^a   Huffman, Jennifer ^a   Bacik, Stephanie ^a   Hoxha, Zana ^a   Biada, Jaclyn M ^a   Kim, Ye Hyun ^a  

^a BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; CTA; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Spontaneous recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249087840     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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