Beyond extinction: Habituation eliminates conditioned skin conductance across contexts

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 529-534

  Haesen, Kim ^a   Vervliet, Bram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Devaluation; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Habituation; Renewal; Skin conductance response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPECTANCY; EXPOSURE; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SHOCK; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949531986     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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