Effect of continuous and partial reinforcement on the acquisition and extinction of human conditioned fear

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 36-43

  Grady, Ashley K ^a   Bowen, Kenton H ^a   Hyde, Andrew T ^a   Totsch, Stacie K ^a   Knight, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Emotion; Partial reinforcement extinction effect; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PSYCINFO; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955372549     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000121     Document Type: Article

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