Two ways to deepen extinction and the difference between them

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 394-406

  Leung, Hiu Tin ^a   Reeks, Leanne M ^a   Westbrook, R Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioned inhibition; Conditioning; Error correction; Extinction; Fear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; CLASSIFICATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; ROTAROD TEST; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874558382     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030201     Document Type: Article

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