neutral stimulus

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neutral
adjective
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/ˈnjuː.trəl/us
/ˈnuː.trəl/
not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups involved in an argument ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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In essence, this is a classical conditioning procedure training an animal to make an association between aneutralstimulus(cue) or situation (context) and an aversive stimulus (usually shock).
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Typically, neutral states cause broadened attention with aneutralstimulus.
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Over time and pairings theneutralstimuluswill come to elicit responses similar to the unconditioned response.
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The onceneutralstimulusis given again to see if the rat would show the responses of fear.
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In conditioning, aneutralstimulussaccharin is paired in a drink with an agent that produces an unconditioned response.
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Fear conditioning works by pairing an initiallyneutralstimuluswith an aversive stimulus, leading to long-lasting fear memories.
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Some shock collars include vibration or tone-only settings, which can be used as aneutralstimulusfor most dogs.
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Eventually, theneutralstimulusalone can elicit the state of fear.
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Shifting adaptation levels occurs when a person experiences a shift in what is perceived as aneutralstimulus, but maintains sensitivity to stimulus differences.
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They can be produced experimentally by pairing aneutralstimuluswith a known reward.
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Classical conditioning happens when aneutralstimuluscomes right before another stimulus that triggers a reflexive response.
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As a result, the formerlyneutralstimuluselicits fear.
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In classical conditioning, when used together with an unconditioned stimulus, theneutralstimulusbecomes a conditioned stimulus.
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This can be done by pairing theneutralstimuluswith an aversive stimulus (e.g., a shock, loud noise, or unpleasant odor).
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In addition, lab experiments generally require very brief (less than a second) intervals between aneutralstimulusand an unconditioned stimulus.
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Traditionally, fear-conditioning is not associated with decision-making, but rather the pairing of aneutralstimuluswith an aversive situation.
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An aversion to the presentation of theneutralstimulusis observed after repeated trials.
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Recall and recognition measures revealed no differences between maltreated and nonmaltreated children's semantic memory functioning for neutral stimuli.
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In one experiment, subjects were shown three types of videos, depicting positive, negative, and neutral stimuli (play, severe aggression, and scenery, respectively).
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