Reinstatement of fear in humans: Autonomic and experiential responses in a differential conditioning paradigm

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-49

  Kull, Sandra ^a   Müller, Birgit H ^a   Blechert, Jens ^b   Wilhelm, Frank H ^a   Michael, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fear conditioning; Fear generalisation; Human reinstatement; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84858742643     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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