Extinction of conditioned fear is better learned and recalled in the morning than in the evening

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1776-1784

  Pace Schott, Edward F ^a   Spencer, Rebecca M C ^b   Vijayakumar, Shilpa ^b   Ahmed, Nafis A K ^b   Verga, Patrick W ^b   Orr, Scott P ^a   Pitman, Roger K ^a   Milad, Mohammed R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Sleep; Sleep homeostasis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEAR EXTINCTION LEARNING; FEAR EXTINCTION MEMORY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTISOL; EXTINCTION; FEAR CONDITIONING; SLEEP; SLEEP HOMEOSTASIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884415411     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.07.027     Document Type: Article

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