A modified counterconditioning procedure prevents the renewal of conditioned fear in rats

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 24-34

  Thomas, Brian L ^a   Cutler, Marlo ^a   Novak, Cheryl ^a  

^a BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned suppression; Context dependence; Counterconditioning; Extinction; Fear; Phobias; Reciprocal inhibition; Relapse; Renewal; Retrieval; Systematic desensitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856781244     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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