Appetitive vs. Aversive Conditioning in Humans

In classical conditioning, an initially neutral stimulus (conditioned stimulus, CS) becomes associated with a biologically salient event (unconditioned stimulus, US), which might be pain (aversive conditioning) or food (appetitive conditioning). After a few associations, the CS is able to initiate e...

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Main Authors: Marta eAndreatta, Paul ePauli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00128/full