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Science 14 June 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3572, pp. 1224 - 1225
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3572.1224
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Cognitive Factors in the Extinction of the Conditioned Eyelid Response in Humans

Kenneth W. Spence 1

1 Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City

Rate of extinction of the conditioned eyelid response in humans is a function of the degree of discriminability of the procedural changes that occur with shift from acquisition to extinction. Extinction is greatly retarded when these changes are minimized or the subject is distracted by another task.


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