Generalized anxiety disorder is associated with overgeneralization of classically conditioned fear

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 909-915

  Lissek, Shmuel ^a,b   Kaczkurkin, Antonia N ^b   Rabin, Stephanie ^c   Geraci, Marilla ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; fear potentiated startle; generalized anxiety disorder; interpretation bias; pathophysiology; stimulus generalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEAR-POTENTIATED STARTLE TEST; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONDITIONED REFLEX; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84899107404     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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