Learning strategies during fear conditioning

• Published in: Neurobiology of learning and memory Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 415 - 423
• Main Authors: Carpenter, Russ E., Summers, Cliff H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.05.2009; Elsevier; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid - metabolism; Amygdala - physiopathology; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Classical conditioning; Conditioning, Classical - physiology; Corpus Striatum - physiopathology; Cortisol; Dopamine - metabolism; Escape Reaction; Fear; Fear & phobias; Fish; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydrocortisone - blood; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid - metabolism; Hypothalamus - physiopathology; Learned escape; Learning; Learning - physiology; Models, Psychological; Neurology; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Raphe Nuclei - physiopathology; Serotonin - metabolism; Social aggression; Social Behavior; Social interaction; Spatial learning; Stress, Psychological - physiopathology; Trout; Trout; Social aggression; Learned escape; Fish; Cortisol; Classical conditioning; Spatial learning; Affect affectivity; Corticosteroid; Steroid hormone; Aggression; Defensive behavior; Antiinflammatory agent; Emotion emotionality; Space perception; Hydrocortisone; Glucocorticoid; Fear; Acquisition process; Escape behavior; Adrenal hormone; Strategy; Antipredator behavior; Perceptive learning

This paper describes a model of fear learning, in which subjects have an option of behavioral responses to impending social defeat. The model generates two types of learning: social avoidance and classical conditioning, dependent upon (1) escape from or (2) social subordination to an aggressor. We h...