extinction
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the phenomenon by which a response to a conditional stimulus presented in absence of the unconditional stimulus diminishes over time; rather than a forgetting, it is generally believed to be a new learning.
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Asserted relationships to other concepts
![](/static/images/icons/assert.png "Click to view concept pavlovian conditioning: a form of learning in which a stimulus (designated the "conditional stimulus" or CS and being one without inherent significance) is paired with an unconditional stimulus or US, so named because it is biologically significant (e.g. food, sex, drug, pain), until the participant responds to the former in a way that conveys its association of the two. Importantly, participant response may be different between the US and its paired CS."){kind=icon}
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Tasks that are asserted to measure extinction
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Term BIBLIOGRAPHY
Context and behavioral processes in extinction.
Bouton ME
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) (Learn Mem)
2004 Sep-Oct
Bouton ME
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) (Learn Mem)
2004 Sep-Oct
