No effect of trait anxiety on differential fear conditioning or fear generalization

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-190

  Torrents Rodas, David ^a   Fullana, Miquel A ^a,b,c   Bonillo, Albert ^a   Caseras, Xavier ^d   Andión, Oscar ^a,e,f   Torrubia, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Fear generalization; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871381135     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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