Sex, stress, and fear: Individual differences in conditioned learning

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-201

  Zorawski, Michael ^a   Cook, Craig A ^a   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^a   Labar, Kevin S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; STRESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INDIVIDUALITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29244454210     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.5.2.191     Document Type: Article

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