Threat-related gaze fixation and its relationship with the speed and generalisability of extinction learning

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 200-208

  Barry, Tom J ^a,b   Vervliet, Bram ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention and perception; cognitive processes; conditioning and learning; emotional disorders; experimental psychopathology; individual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969888739     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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