On the resistance to extinction of fear conditioned to angry faces

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-380

  Rowles, Monique E ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Mallan, Kimberley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrodermal responses; Facial expressions; Fear learning; Fear relevance; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856748405     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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