The Difficulty in Investigating Inhibitory Conditioning of Rabbit Eyeblink Responses

question 34

Multiple Choice

The difficulty in investigating inhibitory conditioning of rabbit eyeblink responses is that

• A)eyeblink in rabbits is a bidirectional response.
• B)there are low baseline levels of eyeblinking in rabbits.
• C)eyeblink is excitatory.
• D)eyeblink is already inhibitory.

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