Emotional learning: A naturalistic experimental paradigm for investigating fear acquisition and extinction using aversive films;Emotionales Lernen: Ein naturalistisches experimentelles Paradigma zur Untersuchung von Angsterwerb und Extinktion mittels aversiver Filme

Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-103

  Wegerer, Melanie ^a   Blechert, Jens ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Fear conditioning; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma film

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEAR; FILM; HUMAN; LEARNING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

EID: 84877301508     PISSN: 16614747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1661-4747/a000146     Document Type: Article

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