Special issue on computational models of classical conditioning guest editors' introduction

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-240

  Alonso, Eduardo ^a   Schmajuk, Nestor ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Classical conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870950359     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-012-0081-7     Document Type: Review

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