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Classical Short-Delay Eyeblink Conditioning in One-Year-Old Children
Published on: September 1, 2018
The importance of awareness for eyeblink conditioning is conditional: theoretical comment on Bellebaum and Daum
Robert E Clark1, Larry R Squire
1Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
Abstract:
Eyeblink conditioning entails a variety of paradigms that differ in terms of the brain systems that support conditioning and the importance of awareness. In this issue, C. Bellebaum and I. Daum (2004) that reports that conditional discrimination learning depends on awareness. Their findings, along with other recent work, suggest a framework whereby the temporal features of the conditioning paradigm are critical in determining the ability of the cerebellum to support conditioning and, as a result, the role of awareness in conditioning.
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