Inhibition and Learning

592 Pages·1972·43.213 MB·english

by  R.A. Boakes and M.S. Halliday

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of a wide range of behaviours. Inhibition and
Learning arose from a conference held at the
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INHIBITION
AND
LEARNING

INHIBITION
A N D
L E A R NIN G
Edited by
R. A. BOAKES and M. S. HALLIDAY
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology
University of Sussex,
Sussex, England
1972
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Contributors
A. Amsel Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin,
Mezes Hall 211, Austin, Texas 78712, U.S.A.
E. A. Asratian Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neuro¬
physiology, U.S.S.R. Academy of Science, Moscow, G-17, Piatnotskaya
48, U.S.S.R.
I. Beale Dalhousie University, Plalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
M. E. Bitterman Laboratory of Sensory Science, University of Hawaii,
1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A.
C. J. Brimer Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada
R. A. Boakes Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of
Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England
A. Dickinson Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of
Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England
R. J. Douglas Department of Psychology, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington 98105, U.S.A.
E. Grastyan Institute of Psychology, University Medical School, Pecs,
Hungary
M. S. Halliday Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of
Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England
E. Hearst Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana 47401, U.S.A.
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax,
W. K. Honig
Nova Scotia, Canada
R. L. Isaacson Department of Psychology, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida 32601, U.S.A.
J. R. Ison Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, College
of Arts and Science, River Campus Station, Rochester, New York
14627, U.S.A.
J. Konorski Department of Neurophysiology, Nencki Institute of
Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur Street, Warsaw 22, Poland
R. V. Krane Department of Psychology, University of Rochester,
College of Arts and Science, River Campus Station, Rochester, New
York 14627, U.S.A.
VI CONTRIBUTORS
D. Lander Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J. S. Litner Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston,
Ontario, Canada
E. M. Macphail Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Universiy oft
Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England
P. Molnar Institute of Physiology, University Medical School, Pecs,
Hungary
D. Muir Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
R. A. Rescorla Department of Psychology, Yale University, 333 Cedar
Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, U.S.A.
M. Richelle Institut de Psychologie et des Scences de l’Education,
Universitie de Liege, 32 Boulevard de la Constitution, Liege, Belgium
H. S. Terrace Department of Psychology, Columbia University,
Schemerhorn Hall 360, New York, N.Y. 10027, U.S.A.
E. Thomas Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr,
Pa 19010, U.S.A.
A. M. Uttley Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of
Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England
A. R. Wagner Department of Psychology, Yale University, 333 Cedar
Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, U.S.A.
D. M. Warbarton Department of Psychology, University of Reading,
Building 3, Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading, England
R. G. Weisman Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, King¬
ston, Ontario, Canada