Psychiatry and Psychology

Reactive Inhibition

Tendency toward a lessened strength of response due to practice or activity. It is independent of the effect of reward and is a direct function of time interval since the last response and the number of preceding responses.

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Tendency toward a lessened strength of response due to practice or activity. It is independent of the effect of reward and is a direct function of time interval since the last response and the number of preceding responses.

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  • Inhibition, Reactive
  • Inhibitions, Reactive
  • Reactive Inhibitions

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History Note

91(75); was see under INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY) 1975-90

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  1. F01.145.544.724w
  2. F02w.463w.425w.475.724w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Reactive Inhibition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011931. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011931
  2. Reactive Inhibition. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_inhibition
  3. Reactive Inhibition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7300313