Learning to like disgust: Neuronal correlates of counterconditioning

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Schweckendiek, Jan ^a   Klucken, Tim ^a   Merz, Christian J ^a,b   Kagerer, Sabine ^a   Walter, Bertram ^a   Vaitl, Dieter ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Counterconditioning; Disgust; Evaluative conditioning; FMRI; Reward learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISGUST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; LEARNING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; REWARD; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84887541327     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00346     Document Type: Article

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