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Trace conditioning, awareness, and the propositional nature of associative learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Nanxin Li
Nanxin Li
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Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520. nanxin.li@yale.eduhttp://pantheon.yale.edu/~nl238
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Abstract

The propositional nature of human associative learning is strongly supported by studies of trace eyeblink and fear conditioning, in which awareness of the contingency of a conditioned stimulus upon an unconditioned stimulus is a prerequisite for successful learning. Studies of animal lesion and human imaging suggest that the hippocampus is critical for establishing functional connections between awareness and trace conditioning.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 212
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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