Looking beyond fear: The extinction of other emotions implicated in anxiety disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Mason, Elizabeth C ^a   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Disgust; Evaluative conditioning; Extinction; Resistance to extinction

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 71249102559     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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