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How was Brian Wiltgen's laboratory able determine that contextual fear conditioning activated neurons throughout the neocortex?


Definitions:

Conditioned Stimuli

Stimuli that have become associated with a particular response through conditioning, typically in the context of classical conditioning.

Sign-Stimuli

External sensory cues that trigger a specific, often instinctual, behavior in an organism.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that involves creating associations between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.

Instrumental Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by the behavior's consequences, such as reward or punishment.

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