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Teach yourself classical conditioning
In almost every course on cognitive psychology, there is a chapter about learning and it almost always starts with classical (Pavlovian) conditioning. The terminology of classical conditioning...
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Finding Little Albert
From Maren (2001), Neurobiology of Pavlovian fear conditioning Perhaps the most famous person in behaviourism is Little Albert. In the winter of 1919/20, John B. Watson and Rosalie Alberta Rayner...
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Behavioural measures of consciousness
Accurate report is the standard behavioural index for consciousness in humans (Seth, Baars and Edelman, 2005, p. 119). When you go to bed and you want to know if your partner is still awake, you...
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Classical conditioning: some historical material
The official website of Ivan Petrovitch Pavlov (1849-1936) seems to be at the Institute of Experimental Medicine of St. Petersburg, where Pavlov worked for 46 years. You can find there an extended...
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Sleep-learning? Forget it!
If you need to learn French, it will not help you – unlike the cartoon character Dexter – to put on a CD while you are asleep with a voice saying cheese omelet – omelette du fromage over and over...
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