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classical conditioning

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Pavlovian conditioning
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All the subjects took turns in an MRI machine, where the researchers induced auditory hallucinations with classical conditioning, following the example of Pavlov and his dogs.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025

Notar said the results are "exciting" because "classical conditioning hasn't really been shown definitively in this group of animals before."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

Associative learning, which includes classical conditioning, is one of the simplest types of learning and has been studied intensively over the past century.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023

Eventually the dog was able to stack the boxes and climb on top to get the chicken piece through classical conditioning.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

To induce a new memory in the fish, we used a type of learning process called classical conditioning.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2022




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