Hippocampal activation during extinction learning predicts occurrence of the renewal effect in extinction recall

NeuroImage

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-143

  Lissek, Silke ^a   Glaubitz, Benjamin ^a   Uengoer, Metin ^b   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extinction; FMRI; Hippocampus; Learning; Renewal effect; VmPFC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878862341     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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