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A conditioning procedure in which the instrumental response, for example, absence of a transfer response, prevents exposure to the context associated with an aversive stimulus.
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Stiedl, O., Ă–gren, S.O. (2010). Avoidance. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_1487
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