Fear conditioning and extinction in anxiety- and depression-prone persons

Memory

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 350-364

  Dibbets, Pauline ^a   van den Broek, Anne ^a   Evers, Elisabeth A T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Safety learning

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924280482     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2014.886704     Document Type: Article

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