Measuring the role of conditioning and stimulus generalisation in common fears and worries

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 914-922

  Haddad, Anneke D M ^a   Xu, Mengran ^a   Raeder, Sophie ^a   Lau, Jennifer Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fear acquisition; Fear generalisation; Fears; Phobias; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STARTLE REACTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880042075     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.747428     Document Type: Article

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