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Background Stimuli and the Inter-Stimulus Interval during Pavlovian Conditioning

Odling-Smee, F. J.·1975·Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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An experiment was carried out to investigate the part played by background stimuli during Pavlovian conditioning. Groups of rats were presented with tone CSs and unavoidable footshock USs. Two components of the inter-stimulus interval, namely CS duration and the duration of a trace interval, were manipulated across groups. Subsequently subjects were tested for their reactions to background stimuli by being re-exposed to the training environment in the absence of both the CS and US. The degree to which rats failed to avoid this environment was found to relate to CS duration by an inverted U curve. The manipulation of the trace interval however did not significantly affect avoidance.

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  • A cue paired with a US becomes the best predictor and overshadows the context, leading to little context conditioning; when CS and US are unpaired, the context becomes the only predictor, leading to increased context conditioning.

    “A cue paired with a US becomes the best predictor of the US. The cue overshadows the context, which then elicits little context conditioning (Rescorla and Wagner, 1972). In contrast, when the CS and US are not paired, the context becomes the only predictor of the US, although a poor one, leading to increased context conditioning (Odling-Smee, 1975a, b; Rescorla and Wagner, 1972).”

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Authors
Odling-Smee, F. J.
Affiliations
Brunel University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Odling-Smee, F. J.
Venue
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Published
1975-08
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
387-392
ISSN
0033-555X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2042541098
Cited by
81
References
10
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI
0.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
classical conditioning, interstimulus interval, trace interval, avoidance, rats
MeSH terms
Animals, Avoidance Learning, Conditioning, Classical, Electroshock, Environment, Time Factors, Rats

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