Psychophysiological responses to unpredictable threat: Effects of cue and temporal unpredictability

Emotion

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 195-200

  Davies, Carolyn D ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Skin conductance responses startle; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ETHNICITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; THREAT; YOUNG ADULT; BLINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ANXIETY; BLINKING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFLEX, STARTLE; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926417844     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000038     Document Type: Article

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