Fear reduction without fear through reinforcement of neural activity that bypasses conscious exposure

Nature Human Behaviour

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Koizumi, Ai ^a,b,c   Amano, Kaoru ^c   Cortese, Aurelio ^a,c,d,e   Shibata, Kazuhisa ^a,f   Yoshida, Wako ^a,c,g   Seymour, Ben ^a,c,g   Kawato, Mitsuo ^a,c,d   Lau, Hakwan ^b,e  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85013757178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23973374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-016-0006     Document Type: Article

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