The dual role of the context in postpeak performance decrements resulting from extended training

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 476-493

  Urcelay, Gonzalo P ^a   Witnauer, James E ^b   Miller, Ralph R ^c  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual roles of context; Extended training; Inhibition with reinforcement; Overtraining; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 84870898353     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-012-0068-4     Document Type: Article

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