Conditioned responses to trauma reminders: How durable are they over time and does memory integration reduce them?

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-95

  Streb, Markus ^a   Conway, Martin A ^b   Michael, Tanja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; ETIOLOGY; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018968314     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2017.04.005     Document Type: Article

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