Conceptual Conditioning: Mechanisms Mediating Conditioning Effects on Pain

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1728-1739

  Jepma, Marieke ^a,b   Wager, Tor D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

classical conditioning; expectancy; multilevel mediation analysis; pain modulation; skin conductance response

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945338855     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615597658     Document Type: Article

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