Building physiological toughness: Some aversive events during extinction may attenuate return of fear

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2018, Pages 18-28

  Culver, Najwa C ^a   Stevens, Stephan ^b   Fanselow, Michael S ^c   Craske, Michelle G ^c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Exposure; Reinforced extinction; Relapse prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EXTINCTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026513447     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2017.07.003     Document Type: Article

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