Stressor controllability modulates fear extinction in humans

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-156

  Hartley, Catherine A ^a,b   Gorun, Alyson ^c   Reddan, Marianne C ^d   Ramirez, Franchesca ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Controllability; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; SHOCK; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902077511     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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