Brain activity associated with illusory correlations in animal phobia

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 969-977

  Wiemer, Julian ^a   Schulz, Stefan M ^a   Reicherts, Philipp ^a   Glotzbach Schoon, Evelyn ^a   Andreatta, Marta ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Covariation bias; fMRI; Illusory correlation; Pain; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOG; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIDER; YOUNG ADULT;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOGS; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936939675     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu142     Document Type: Article

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