The spread of fear: Non-perceptual generalization of conditioned fear responses in humans KU Leuven
The Pavlovian conditioning model suggests that an originally neutral stimulus (CS) can elicit conditioned responses (CR) after repeated pairings with a meaningful stimulus (US). A common observation is that other stimuli (generalization stimuli, GS) can also elicit these responses, even though these stimuli were never paired with the US. Such generalizing can be adaptive, as it allows to apply earlier acquired information on novel situations. ...