Treatments that weaken Pavlovian conditioned fear and thwart its renewal in rats: Implications for treating human phobias

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-114

  Rauhut, Anthony S ^a   Thomas, Brian L ^b   Ayres, John J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE MODEL; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035318450     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.27.2.99     Document Type: Article

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