Classical Conditioning of Autonomic Fear Responses Is Independent of Contingency Awareness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-500

  Schultz, Douglas H ^a   Helmstetter, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Fear conditioning; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 78049489079     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020263     Document Type: Article

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