Pavlovian drug conditioning

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of Pavlovian drug conditioning. conditioning mechanisms are known to play a role in producing two general kinds changes the behavior drug-exposed organisms. First, they enable evocation new behavioral or physiological responses by stimuli correlated with administration. Second, is also responsible, at least part, for direct (unconditioned) behavioral/physiological presence drug-predictive stimuli. The presents introduction conditioning, emphasis on experimental procedures used induce this kind learning, rationale behind these procedures, and methodological problems that can arise implementation. describes basic paradigm some reasons investigators have been intrigued form learning. Special attention given design studies importance using appropriate controls nonassociative influences behavior. Although primary methodological, consideration conceptual/theoretical issues guided researchers choice interpretation specific tests draw inferences about drug-induced