Latent Inhibition and Conditioned Attention Theory

by R.E. Lubow

Book Overview

Latent inhibition is an exquisitely simple, robust and pervasive behavioural phenomenon - the reduced ability of an organism to learn new associations to previously inconsequential stimuli. It has been demonstrated in a variety of animals, including humans, across many different learning tasks. The ease of demonstrating the latent inhibition effect, on the one hand, is matched by the difficulty of incorporating it into contemporary conditioning and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052110257X
• ISBN13: 9780521102575
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"