Competition between an avoidance response and a safety signal: Evidence for a single learning system

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-16

  Lovibond, Peter F ^a   Chen, Shirley X ^a   Mitchell, Christopher J ^a   Weidemann, Gabrielle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attribution; Avoidance; Blocking; Instrumental conditioning; Overshadowing; Pavlovian conditioning; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84871713084     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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