Exposure to a novel context after extinction causes a renewal of extinguished conditioned responses: Implications for the treatment of fear

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 565-570

  Neumann, David L ^a   Kitlertsirivatana, Edward ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fear learning; Pavlovian conditioning; Renewal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952877367     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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