Fear reduction by means of repeated stimulas exposure in animal phobia;Furchtreduktion durch wiederholte reizkonfrontation bei spezifischer phobie vom tier-typus

Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-120

  Weike, Almut I ^a   Hamm, Alfons O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Institut für Psychologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habituation; Phobia; Skin conductance response; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL PHOBIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHOBIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SNAKE; SPIDER; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 19544393392     PISSN: 16163443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/1616-3443.34.2.111     Document Type: Article

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