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avoidance learning

avoidance learning Avoidance learning is learning to make a response when a cue appears so that an unpleasant or harmful experience is prevented.

Avoidance learning is learning to make a response when a cue appears so that an unpleasant or harmful experience is prevented. It involves behavior that serves to avoid something noxious.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Avoidance Learning” (D001362).
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