An ERP study of the interaction between verbal information and conditioning pathways to fear

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-81

  Ugland, Carina C O ^a   Dyson, Benjamin J ^b   Field, Andy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioning; ERP; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871718702     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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