Fear conditioning with film clips: A complex associative learning paradigm

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-50

  Kunze, Anna E ^a   Arntz, Arnoud ^a   Kindt, Merel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Complex fear memory; Distress ratings; Fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Film clips

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONDITIONING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FILM CLIP; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX, STARTLE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919343427     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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