Effects of trial order and differential conditioning on acquisition of differential shock expectancy and skin conductance conditioning to masked stimuli

Psychophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 989-997

  Wiens, Stefan ^a,c   Katkin, Edward S ^b   Öhman, Arne ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Awareness; Backward masking; Differential conditioning; Gut feelings; Heartbeat detection; Hunches; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SHOCK; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SNAKE; SPIDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0242641550     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.00117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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