Acquired equivalence changes stimulus representations

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-141

  Meeter, M ^a   Shohamy, D ^b   Myers, C E ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired equivalence; Conditioning; Hippocampus; Humans; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849110997     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2009.91-127     Document Type: Article

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