Fear Generalization in Humans: Systematic Review and Implications for Anxiety Disorder Research
2014/10/16 by Simon Dymond, Joseph E. Dunsmoor, Bram Vervliet +2 · 527 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Anxiety #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Clinical psychology #Cognitive psychology #Developmental psychology #Fear conditioning #Generalization #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neuroscience #Perception #Psychiatry #Psychology #Stress Responses and Cortisol
paper · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2014.10.001
published in Behavior Therapy 46(5), 561-582 (Elsevier BV)
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