Browsing by Subject "context"
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(2013-02-12)Desirable difficulties during the learning process have been shown to enhance learning. In this study we examined how increasing contextual variation boosts memory. Specifically, we investigated how gradually making retrieval ...
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(Frontiers, 2013-12-13)After fear conditioning, presenting the conditioned stimulus (CS) alone yields a context-specific extinction memory; fear is suppressed in the extinction context, but renews in any other context. The context-dependence of ...
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(2020-04-08)Humans and animals use environmental cues to determine appropriate defensive responses. Understanding the mechanisms of context-mediated fear responses is crucial, as the dysregulation of these processes are central to ...
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(2014-12-08)The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is thought to be involved in the expression of fear to shock-associated contexts, but not to discrete conditional stimuli (CSs) paired with shock. Because context plays an ...
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(2012-07-16)This thesis examines sound production of eastern gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in the wintering lagoons to determine whether sound use is a function of social context. Proportions of sounds used, parameters of each ...