NeuroJC

Neuro* Journal Club at the Free University Berlin

Tagesarchiv für den 10. December 2011

Operant and classical conditioning in the same neuron

The marine snail Aplysia is perhaps best known for its Nobel-award-winning learning ability. In the classic work, a small water jet to the body of the animal was paired with electric shock to accomplish classical (or Pavlovian) conditioning. Since about the 1930s, it has been a longstanding debate among psychologists whether classical and operant conditioning […]

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