Eyeblink Conditioning in Psychiatric Conditions - State of the Field and Future Directions

• Main Author: Tracy L. Greer (auth)
• Other Authors: Lucien T. Thompson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; delay conditioning; associative learning; trace conditioning; classical conditioning; neurological disorders; eyeblink conditioning; psychiatric disorders
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Eyeblink classical conditioning (EBC) is a model paradigm for associative (also termed Pavlovian) learning, one of the simplest and best understood forms of learning and memory. Because EBC paradigms are readily adapted across species, the neural substrates of EBC have been well characterized, and i...