Psychophysiological and subjective indicators of aversive Pavlovian conditioning in generalized social phobia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 328-337

  Hermann, Christiane ^a   Ziegler, Silvio ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^b,c   Flor, Herta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Classical conditioning; Generalized social phobia; Psychophysiologic responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SMELLING; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMELL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0037101986     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01385-9     Document Type: Article

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