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autonomic conditioning

autonomic conditioning Autonomic conditioning is a proposed form of Pavlovian learning in which repeated sensory interaction between a mother and fetus or infant shapes each person’s autonomic state.

Autonomic conditioning is a proposed form of Pavlovian learning in which repeated sensory interaction between a mother and fetus or infant shapes each person’s autonomic state. In this account, it begins during gestation and leads to learned autonomic socioemotional reflexes that later influence physiology, emotion, and behavior after birth.