Is the context shift effect a case of retrieval failure? the effects of retrieval enhancing treatments on forgetting under altered stimulus conditions in rats

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-334

  Millin, Paula M ^a   Riccio, David C ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MALE; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 7444240969     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.30.4.325     Document Type: Article

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