Fear conditioning in virtual reality contexts: A new tool for the study of anxiety

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1056-1060

  Baas, Johanna M ^a   Nugent, Monique ^a   Lissek, Shmuel ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; classical conditioning; context conditioning; fear conditioning; psychophysiology; startle; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 2542439914     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.02.024     Document Type: Article

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