What Is an Implicit Cost

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What is an implicit cost?

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Definitions:

Dopamine

A neurotransmitter involved in many functions, including reward and pleasure, motor control, and the regulation of mood, with significant roles in behavior and cognition.

Phobic Responses

Excessive and irrational fear reactions to a specific object or situation, significantly impacting an individual's daily life.

Classical Conditioning

The phenomenon of learning via repeated combinations of two stimuli, causing a response that was first caused by the second stimulus to end up being caused by the first stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

A process in which learning occurs by modifying the strength of a behavior using rewards or punishments.