Implications of a New Theory of Disuse for the Treatment of Emotional Disorders

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-94

  Lang, Ariel J ^a,b   Craske, Michelle G ^a   Bjork, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Fear; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011461360     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy.6.1.80     Document Type: Article

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