Dissociation of neuronal, electrodermal, and evaluative responses in disgust extinction

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 380-386

  Klucken, Tim ^a   Schweckendiek, Jan ^a   Merz, Christian J ^a   Vaitl, Dieter ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Classical conditioning; Disgust; Emotion regulation; Extinction; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878797736     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032331     Document Type: Article

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