The development of fear learning and generalization in 8-13 year-olds

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 675-684

  Glenn, Catherine R ^a   Klein, Daniel N ^a   Lissek, Shmuel ^b   Britton, Jennifer C ^c   Pine, Daniel S ^c   Hajcak, Greg ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive conditioning; Development; Fear generalization; Fear learning; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84865064183     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20616     Document Type: Article

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