Concurrent excitors limit the extinction of conditioned fear in humans

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-383

  Vervliet, Bram ^a   Vansteenwegen, Debora ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a   Eelen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electrodermal responding; Generalization of extinction; Return of fear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34247211509     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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