Awareness is necessary for differential trace and delay eyeblink conditioning in humans

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Lovibond, Peter F ^a   Liu, Jean C J ^a   Weidemann, Gabrielle ^a,b   Mitchell, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Delay; Eyeblink conditioning; Learning; Trace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AWARENESS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955178330     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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