Research article summary (published 29 Jun 2009):

Spontaneous recovery of excitation and inhibition.

Full Abstract

In two conditioned suppression experiments with rats as subjects, the authors examined two classes of accounts of spontaneous recovery of excitation and inhibition. One view suggests that spontaneous recovery occurs due to greater temporal instability of inhibitory associations, whereas the other posits that spontaneous recovery occurs due to greater temporal instability of second-learned associations. These accounts diverge in predictions concerning spontaneous recovery when the first-learned association is inhibitory and the second-learned association is excitatory. Using different designs, Experiments 1 and 2 found spontaneous recovery of both excitation and inhibition. The results support the view that spontaneous recovery occurs due to faster waning of second-learned associations.

Author information

Author/s: Sissons, Heather T (HT); Miller, Ralph R (RR);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA.

Grants: 33881 (Agency:PHS HHS) ; R01 MH033881-28 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes (J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 35 (issue 3) : pp 419-26

Dates: Created 2009/07/14; Completed 2009/09/17;

PMID: 19594286, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 9/17/2009, IMS Date: )

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Acoustic Stimulation Animals Arousal Association Learning Conditioning, Classical Conflict (Psychology) Extinction, Psychological Fear

Female Inhibition (Psychology) Male Mental Recall Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Reinforcement Schedule Retention (Psychology)

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