Stimulus Typicality Determines How Broadly Fear Is Generalized

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1816-1821

  Dunsmoor, Joseph E ^a   Murphy, Gregory L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

category based induction; fear conditioning; generalization; reasoning; skin conductance responses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908086867     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614535401     Document Type: Article

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