Simultaneous conditioning of valence and arousal

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 577-595

  Gawronski, Bertram ^a   Mitchell, Derek G V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Associative learning; Core affect; Evaluative conditioning; Extinction

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONDITIONING STIMULUS; EMOTION; EVALUATIVE CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS; VALENCE; VISION;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 84896548187     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.843506     Document Type: Article

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