Influence of interoceptive fear learning on visceral perception

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 248-258

  Zaman, Jonas ^a   Weltens, Nathalie ^b   Ly, Huynh Giao ^b   Struyf, Dieter ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,c   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a   Wiech, Katja ^d   Van Oudenhove, Lukas ^b,e   Van Diest, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Translational Research Centre for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID)   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discrimination acuity; Fear generalization; Interoceptive fear learning; Perception thresholds; Visceral pain; Visceral perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROCEPTIVE FEAR LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN INTENSITY; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; VISCERAL PAIN; YOUNG ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTEROCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; LEARNING; MALE; VISCERAL PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957442148     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000257     Document Type: Article

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