What Are Beta Brain Waves and Alpha Brain Waves, and When

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Essay

What are beta brain waves and alpha brain waves, and when are we most likely to experience them?

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a pause.

Learned Response

A response that has been acquired through conditioning or learning, as opposed to being innate.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning method where a reward is not administered every time the desired behavior is performed, making the response more resistant to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A method of learning in which every correct response is followed by a reward, facilitating the acquisition of a desired behavior.