The impact of a context switch and context instructions on the return of verbally conditioned fear

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-18

  Mertens, Gaëtan ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Context; Fear; Instructions; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL INSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; REFLEX, STARTLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948173431     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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