Extinction treatment in multiple contexts attenuates ABC renewal in humans

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 604-609

  Balooch, Siavash Bandarian ^a   Neumann, David L ^a,b   Boschen, Mark J ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context; Exposure therapy; Extinction; Renewal; Return of fear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865627820     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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