Deactivation and reactivation of the inhibitory power of a conditioned inhibitor: Testing the predictions of an attentional-associative model

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Kutlu, Munir Gunes ^a   Schmajuk, Nestor A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional associative model; Extinction; Inhibition; Reinstatement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857209648     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-011-0047-1     Document Type: Article

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