Reconsolidation in a human fear conditioning study: A test of extinction as updating mechanism

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-50

  Kindt, Merel ^a   Soeter, Marieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Extinction; Fear memory; Fear conditioning; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871720130     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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