Don't look now! oculomotor avoidance as a conditioned disgust response

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-104

  Armstrong, Thomas ^a   McClenahan, Laura ^a   Kittle, Jody ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Conditioning; Disgust; Eye movements

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895076992     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034558     Document Type: Article

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