Evaluative conditioning induces changes in sound valence

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Bolders, Anna C ^a   Band, Guido P H ^a,b   Jan Stallen, Pieter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Auditory processing; Environmental sounds; Evaluative conditioning; Extinction; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867135770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00106     Document Type: Article

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