Latent Inhibition and Conditioned Attention Theory

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.

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• Autori: R. E. Lubow, R.e. Lubow, Robert E. Lubow, Lubow R. E.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.09.1989
• EAN: 9780521363075
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36307-5
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Cambridge Classical Texts and; Problems in the Behavioural Sciences
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition