spontaneous recovery
Psychology. the unexpected revival of a conditioned response after its association with the stimulus has been erased: Spontaneous recovery was first demonstrated by Pavlov (1927) and has since been repeated in several studies.: See also conditioning (def. 2).
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In country districts the process of disintegration was immediate, the spontaneous recovery was slow.
Lectures on the French Revolution | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonIn vigorous young animals that are left to run at pasture when so mildly affected, spontaneous recovery occurs.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIn such instances one leg only was so mutilated and in most instances, it is reported that spontaneous recovery took place.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixWhere a spontaneous recovery does not take place, these p. 184prove fatal in a short time.
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage | William Edward ParryAfter twenty-four hours the paralysis began to recede, and in a few days I had made a spontaneous recovery.
The Electric Bath | George M. Schweig
British Dictionary definitions for spontaneous recovery
psychol the reappearance of a response after its extinction has been followed by a period of rest
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