Prefrontal-periaqueductal gray-projecting neurons mediate context fear discrimination
Survival critically depends on selecting appropriate defensive or exploratory behaviors and
is strongly influenced by the surrounding environment. Contextual discrimination is a …
is strongly influenced by the surrounding environment. Contextual discrimination is a …
Genetic strain differences in learned fear inhibition associated with variation in neuroendocrine, autonomic, and amygdala dendritic phenotypes
MC Camp, KP MacPherson, L Lederle… - …, 2012 - nature.com
Mood and anxiety disorders develop in some but not all individuals following exposure to
stress and psychological trauma. However, the factors underlying individual differences in …
stress and psychological trauma. However, the factors underlying individual differences in …
Sex differences in the behavioural and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal response to contextual fear conditioning in rats
In recent years, special attention is being paid to sex differences in susceptibility to disease.
In this regard, there is evidence that male rats present higher levels of both cued and …
In this regard, there is evidence that male rats present higher levels of both cued and …
Explaining compound generalization in associative and causal learning through rational principles of dimensional generalization.
How do we apply learning from one situation to a similar, but not identical, situation? The
principles governing the extent to which animals and humans generalize what they have …
principles governing the extent to which animals and humans generalize what they have …
Cued and contextual fear conditioning in mice
JM Wehner, RA Radcliffe - Current Protocols in neuroscience, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Contextual and cued fear conditioning is a robust form of learning in which an association is
made between stimuli and their aversive consequences. Fear conditioning has been used in …
made between stimuli and their aversive consequences. Fear conditioning has been used in …
Attentional, associative, and configural mechanisms in extinction.
JA Larrauri, NA Schmajuk - Psychological review, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
The participation of attentional and associative mechanisms in extinction, spontaneous
recovery, external disinhibition, renewal, reinstatement, and reacquisition was evaluated …
recovery, external disinhibition, renewal, reinstatement, and reacquisition was evaluated …
Freezing displayed by others is a learned cue of danger resulting from co-experiencing own freezing and shock
Social cues of threat are widely reported [1–3], whether actively produced to trigger
responses in others such as alarm calls or by-products of an encounter with a predator, like …
responses in others such as alarm calls or by-products of an encounter with a predator, like …
Contextual behavior and neural circuits
I Lee, CH Lee - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Animals including humans engage in goal-directed behavior flexibly in response to items
and their background, which is called contextual behavior in this review. Although the …
and their background, which is called contextual behavior in this review. Although the …
Jumping spiders attend to context during learned avoidance of aposematic prey
CD Skow, EM Jakob - Behavioral Ecology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
A large number of studies on both animals and humans have demonstrated that learning is
influenced by context or secondary cues that are present when an association is formed …
influenced by context or secondary cues that are present when an association is formed …
Evolution of an elemental theory of Pavlovian conditioning
AR Wagner - Learning & behavior, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Kenneth Spence (1936, 1937) formalized a quantitative, elemental approach to
association theory that has had a broad and dominating influence on learning theory for …
association theory that has had a broad and dominating influence on learning theory for …