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Baxter, Douglas A.; Byrne, John H. – Learning & Memory, 2006
Feeding behavior of Aplysia provides an excellent model system for analyzing and comparing mechanisms underlying appetitive classical conditioning and reward operant conditioning. Behavioral protocols have been developed for both forms of associative learning, both of which increase the occurrence of biting following training. Because the neural…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Associative Learning
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Lopez, Matias; Cantora, Raul; Aguado, Luis – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2004
In four conditioned taste aversion experiments with rats as subjects, the effects of extinguished or pre-exposed flavors on retardation and summation tests was compared. Experiment 1 showed that when steps were taken to ensure similar exposure to the target flavor in all conditions, acquisition after pre-exposure and reacquisition after extinction…
Descriptors: Animals, Learning Processes, Experiments, Comparative Analysis
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Herbert, Jane S.; Eckerman, Carol O.; Goldstein, Ricki F.; Stanton, Mark E. – Infancy, 2004
The impact of premature birth on associative learning was evaluated using simple delay eyeblink conditioning in which a tone conditional stimulus was paired with an air puff unconditional stimulus. Fourteen preterm (28-31 weeks gestation) and 11 full-term infants completed at least 3 conditioning sessions, 1 week apart, at 5 months of age…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Classical Conditioning, Prenatal Influences, Premature Infants