Impaired conditional discrimination learning in social phobia

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 66-72

  Sachs, Gabriele ^a   Anderer, Peter ^a   Doby, Dagmar ^a   Saletu, Bernd ^a   Dantendorfer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Discrimination learning; Eyelid conditioning; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0037266021     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070011     Document Type: Article

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