The Role of Stimulus Specificity and Attention in the Generalization of Extinction

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 143-152

  Barry, Tom J ^a   Griffith, James W ^b   Vervliet, Bram ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Exposure; Extinction; Generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054352324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.048615     Document Type: Article

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