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Direct linkGibson, Evelyn; Reed, Phil – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
The present study explored whether a similar phenomenon to stimulus over-selectivity occurred in rats, in the hope of establishing a non-human model for the autism. Rats were serially presented with two-15 seconds, two-element compound stimuli prior to the delivery of food, in an appetitive classical conditioning procedure. Each compound stimulus…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Animals, Responses, Conditioning
