Latent Inhibition and Conditioned Attention Theory

Klappentext Latent inhibition is an exquisitely simple, robust, and pervasive behavioural phenomenon. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Latent inhibition testing procedures; 3. Variables affecting latent inhibition; 4. Organismic variables affecting latent inhibition; 5. Associative learning tests of the effects of stimulus preexposure in children and adults; 6. Neural substrates of latent inhibition; 7. Theories and explanations of latent inhibition in animals; 8. Conditioned attention theory of latent inhibition; 9. Conditioned attention theory as applied to latent inhibition in humans; 10. Some applications of conditioned attention theory: learned helplessness and schizophrenia; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: R. E. Lubow, R.e. Lubow
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521102575
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10257-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Problems in the Behavioural Sc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works