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Classical conditioning The memory system that links perceptual information to the proper motor response. For example, Ivan Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate when a bell was rung. Mentioned in: Amnesia classical conditioning, n behavioral response resulting from pairing an unrelated (conditioned) stimulus with a related (unconditioned) stimulus before a particular response is elicited. Used in diagnosis and treatment of disease by conditioning the responses of a patient to external stimuli. |
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reading, complex problem solving, executive functions such as planning, organizing, and strategizing skills), the concurrent validity of habituation and classical conditioning tests has been established. Simple hind-limb motor responses to cutaneous or electrical stimulation were enhanced in animals with completely transected spinal cords via classical conditioning (ie, pairing the stimulus with another stimulus that evoked a stronger motor response). The investigation, which combines classical conditioning with brain wave measurements, broadly supports a theory of anxiety formulated 70 years ago by Sigmund Freud, contends psychologist Philip S. |
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