Enhanced discrimination between threatening and safe contexts in high-anxious individuals

Biological Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-166

  Glotzbach Schoon, Evelyn ^a   Tadda, Regina ^a   Andreatta, Marta ^a   Tröger, Christian ^a   Ewald, Heike ^a   Grillon, Christian ^b   Pauli, Paul ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contextual fear conditioning; Startle reflex; Trait anxiety; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; STARTLE REACTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84874700611     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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