inhibitory conditioning

classical conditioning in which the presence of a conditioned stimulus denotes the absence of an unconditioned stimulus that has a preexisting excitatory context. That is, the unconditioned stimulus must be one to which the organism has been exposed previously; otherwise, its absence would have no importance. Compare excitatory conditioning.

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January 31st 2025

odds ratio (OR)

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