UCS inflation and human aversive autonomic conditioning

Biological Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-239

  De Jong, Peter J ^a   Muris, Peter ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Skin conductance; UCS inflation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 0030604726     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(96)05190-3     Document Type: Article

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