The adaptive significance of sexual conditioning: Pavlovian control of sperm release

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The influence of sexual Pavlovian conditioning has been investigated by measuring sperm output and quality of male Japanese quails. The study seeks to find out if sexually conditioned contextual cues can increase the quantity of sperm released. Findings show that sexual arousal in male Japanese quails can be conditioned through contextual cues. The arousal can be proven by greater responsiveness to a probe stimulus that contains the head and neck feathers of a female quail. Exposure to the contextual cues led to the release of more sperm.

Sexual behavior, Behavior, Sexual behavior in animals, Animal sexual behavior, Quails, Sexual excitement

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A renewed interest in human classical eyeblink conditioning

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Several experiments conducted on classical human eyeblink conditioning attest to the renewed interest in the subject. This is attributed to several factors, namely, the discovery that eyeblink conditioning can be employed in the evaluation of basic biological and psychological processes, the preference by researchers to observe and report on behavior firsthand, the successful use of eyeblink conditioning in identifying the cause and expression of brain pathologies and its successful use in electrophysiological and human experiments.

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Classical delay eyeblink conditioning in 4- and 5-month-old human infants

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Research was conducted to examine simple delay classical eyeblink conditioning in infants. Data were collected from a sample of 4- and 5-month-old full-term infants who were given two identical training sessions. Results based on airpuff unconditioned stimulus and tone conditioned stimulus indicate that the higher levels of conditioning from one session to the next were caused by the retention of associative learning not expressed during the first conditioning session.

Infants, Learning, Psychology of, Learning theory (Psychology)

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