Systemic alarms in fear conditioning I: A reappraisal of what is being conditioned

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 441-462

  Forsyth, John P ^a,b   Eifert, Georg H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; CONDITIONING; FEAR; HUMAN; PANIC; PHOBIA; STRESS;

EID: 0030467163     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(96)80026-8     Document Type: Review

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