Nature

Classical and operant conditioning differentially modify the intrinsic properties of an identified neuron

A long-standing debate in neuroscience is whether classical and operant conditioning are mechanistically similar or distinct. The feeding behavior of Aplysia provides a model system suitable for ...
psypost.org

Understanding Classical vs. Operant Conditioning

Classical conditioning was first discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov in the early 1900s. Pavlov wasn’t initially studying learning at all – he was researching digestion in dogs (a line of ...
Frontiers

Integrated information theory reveals the potential role of the posterior parietal cortex in sustaining conditioning responses in classical conditioning tasks

Classical conditioning is a fundamental associative learning process in which repeated pairings of a conditioned stimulus (CS) with an unconditioned stimulus (US) lead to the CS eliciting a ...
eLife

Functional diversity of dopamine axons in prefrontal cortex during classical conditioning

This important study shows that distinct midbrain dopaminergic axons in the medial prefrontal cortex respond to aversive and rewarding stimuli and suggest that they are biased toward aversive ...
Frontiers

Eyeblink classical conditioning and post-traumatic stress disorder – a model systems approach

1 Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA 2 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA Not everyone ...
Psychology Today

Explaining Behaviorism: Operant & Classical Conditioning

There are many explanations that can be used to help people understand the Behaviorist Point of View. Some are very factual, others argue towards practical concerns, and still others are highly ...