Reconsidering the (in)sensitivity of evaluative conditioning to reinforcement density and CS-US contingency

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-29

  Kattner, Florian ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contiguity; Contiguity memory; Contingency; Contingency judgments; Evaluative conditioning; Reinforcement density; Valence awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891148686     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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