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Escape conditioning

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Escape conditioning is an operant conditioning paradigm in which a subject learns a behavior which terminates an ongoing noxious stimuli. This procedure can be compared to the aversive conditioning paradigm where behavior is learnt to prevent the delivery of the aversive stimulus.

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