Associative Conditioning Deficits: Caused by or Cause of Anxiety?

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 432-448

  Prenoveau, Jason M ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^b   Liao, Betty ^b   Ornitz, Edward M ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; context conditioning; contingency awareness; fear conditioning; psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871717438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.018211     Document Type: Article

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