Neurocognitive effects of phobia-related stimuli in animal-fearful individuals

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-387

  Kopp, Bruno ^a   Altmann, René ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL FEARFUL INDIVIDUAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PHOBIA RELATED STIMULUS; POPULATION MODEL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SNAKE; SPIDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SNAKES; SPIDERS;

EID: 33646444634     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.5.4.373     Document Type: Article

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