Contextual-specificity of short-delay extinction in humans: Renewal of fear-potentiated startle in a virtual environment

Learning and Memory

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-253

  Alvarez, Ruben P ^a   Johnson, Linda ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BLINKING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34247235567     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.493707     Document Type: Article

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