Context, ambiguity, and unlearning: Sources of relapse after behavioral extinction

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 976-986

  Bouton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Conditioning; Context; Extinction; Relapse; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; DESTRUCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037112191     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01546-9     Document Type: Review

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