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We outline a rapid method of detecting excitatory conditioning in rats, using a conditioned emotional response procedure. The procedure requires a total of only 2 experimental days to complete deprivation, conditioning, baseline training, and testing. Using an off-the-baseline procedure, we demonstrate that the method is sensitive to both delay and trace conditioning.
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This work was supported by NSERC University Research Fellowship U0262 awarded to W. J. J.
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Jacobs, W.J., Kennedy, D. & Buttrick, M. A rapid and sensitive method for measuring the conditioned emotional response: Off-the-baseline delay and trace conditioning. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 26, 61–63 (1988). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334862
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334862