Uncertainty of trial timing enhances acquisition of conditioned eyeblinks in anxiety vulnerable individuals

Allen, M.T.; Myers, C.E.; Servatius, R.J.

doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2016.02.007

Uncertainty of trial timing enhances acquisition of conditioned eyeblinks in anxiety vulnerable individuals

Recent work has found that behaviorally inhibited (BI) individuals exhibit enhanced eyeblink conditioning in omission and yoked training as well as with schedules of partial reinforcement. We hypothesized that spacing CS-US paired trials over a longer period of time by extending and varying the i…