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Neuro* Journal Club at the Free University Berlin

Posts Tagged ‘operant’

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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