Extinction in multiple virtual reality contexts diminishes fear reinstatement in humans

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-164

  Dunsmoor, Joseph E ^a   Ahs, Fredrik ^a   Zielinski, David J ^b   LaBar, Kevin S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902085694     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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