Fear extinction in humans: Effects of acquisition-extinction delay and masked stimulus presentations

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 292-301

  Golkar, Armita ^a   Öhman, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acquisition extinction delay; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Masking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84865065620     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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