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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Processes. 2006 Nov 16;74(2):274–285. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.11.003

Table 1.

Temporal Variables in Pavlovian Conditioned Inhibition

Training
Inhibition Training Transfer CS Training
A→US1 / XA2-noUS C→US3
Testing
Negative Summation Test Retardation Test
XC4 relative to C alone or ZC X→US5 relative to Z→US5
Potential Variables:

  1. Variable 1 = Training Excitor-US Temporal Interval

  2. Variable 2 = Inhibitor-Training Excitor Temporal Interval

  3. Variable 3 = Transfer Excitor-US Temporal Interval

  4. Variable 4 = Inhibitor-Transfer Excitor Temporal Interval at Summation Test

  5. Variable 5 = Inhibitor-US Temporal Interval during Retardation Test Pairings

Note. CS A represents the training excitor; CS X represents the conditioned inhibitor; CS C represents the transfer excitor; CS Z represents a previously neutral stimulus. Each of the potential temporal variables may be manipulated in order to assess temporal specificity of inhibitory behavioral control.