Psychiatry and Psychology

Reversal Learning

Any situation where an animal or human is trained to respond differentially to two stimuli (e.g., approach and avoidance) under reward and punishment conditions and subsequently trained under reversed reward values (i.e., the approach which was previously rewarded is punished and vice versa).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Any situation where an animal or human is trained to respond differentially to two stimuli (e.g., approach and avoidance) under reward and punishment conditions and subsequently trained under reversed reward values (i.e., the approach which was previously rewarded is punished and vice versa).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Learning, Reversal
  • Learnings, Reversal
  • Reversal Learnings

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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human & animal

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66(64)

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  1. F02w.463w.425w.798

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Reversal Learning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012193. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012193
  2. Reversal Learning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69902170