Gradual extinction reduces reinstatement

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue September, 2015, Pages

  Shiban, Youssef ^a   Wittmann, Jasmin ^a   Weißinger, Mara ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contingency ratings; Gradual extinction; Pavlovian fear conditioning; Skin conductance response; Startle response; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SCORPION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPIDER; STARTLE REFLEX; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84942931967     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00254     Document Type: Article

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