Extinction, generalization, and return of fear: A critical review of renewal research in humans

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-58

  Vervliet, Bram ^a   Baeyens, Frank ^a   Van den Bergh, Omer ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Fear; Human; Renewal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL RENEWAL; FEAR CONDITIONING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84871722213     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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