Backward conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Abstract

Studied backward conditioning of the nictitating membrane response in 30 experimentally naive male New Zealand white rabbits. The prior exposure to unconditional stimulus-conditional stimulus pairings retarded subsequent forward conditioning. Control procedures eliminated latent inhibition and forward safety-signal effects as accounting for the data. The relevance of this report to other recent studies of backward conditioning is discussed. (17 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)