VPB 121: Veterinary Physiology - II (2+1)

REQUIREMENTS OF CONDITIONED REFLEXES

• The natural stimulus and the conditioned stimulus (neutral stimulus) must be in coincidence with each other. E.g. Food supplies (natural stimuli) along with a bell sound (neutral stimuli). The animal exhibits simultaneous conditioned response only for the bell sound even in the absence of food.  But if the application of the neutral stimulus (sound) precedes the natural stimulus (food) the animal develops delayed conditioned response.