The effect of mindfulness on extinction and behavioral resurgence

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 405-415

  McHugh, Louise ^a   Procter, Jonathan ^a   Herzog, Michaela ^a   Schock, Anne Kathrin ^a   Reed, Phil ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human learning; Operant conditioning; Schedule of reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870861918     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-011-0062-2     Document Type: Article

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