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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Learn Motiv. 2009 May;40(2):209–220. doi: 10.1016/j.lmot.2009.01.001

Table 1.

Group Nomenclature and Treatments

Conditioning Phase - Group Designation Group N CTA Conditioning Extinction Phase – Group Designation Group N Extinction Training 30-day Latency before SR test SR Group N SR Test Solution
Days 1, 3, 5 Days 2, 4, 6 Odd Days Even Days
CTA 23 SAC3 + LiCl4 H2O CTA+EU- EXT 1 11 SAC H2O+LiCl H2O 5 SAC
CTA+CSO- EXT 2 12 SAC H2O+ SAL5 H2O 6 SAC
NO CTA 24 SAC H2O + LiCl NO CTA+ “EU-EXT” 12 SAC H2O+LiCl H2O 6 SAC
NO CTA+ “CSO- EXT” 12 SAC H2O+ SAL H2O 6 SAC
1

CTA-EU-EXT = “Explicitly Unpaired” extinction procedure in which both the CS and US are presented on alternate days

2

CTA-CSO-EXT = “Conditioned Stimulus Only” extinction procedure in which only the CS is presented every other day

3

SAC = saccharin salt dissolved in DI H2O (0.3% w/v; p.o.)

4

LiCl = lithium chloride injection dissolved in sterile, physiological saline (81mg/ml; 81mg/kg; i.p.)

5

SAL= sterile, physiological saline (0.9% w/v, NaCl; 1ml/kg; i.p.)