Backward conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
Backward conditioning of the nictitating membrane response of rabbits was studied. The prior exposure to unconditional stimulus-conditional stimulus (US-CS) pairings retarded subsequent forward conditioning. Control procedures eliminated latent inhibition and forward safety-signal effects as accounting for the data. The relevance of this report to other recent studies of backward conditioning is discussed.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001244:Association; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D003215:Conditioning, Eyelid; D003463:Cues; D004597:Electroshock; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009541:Nictitating Membrane; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors