| Generalization of extinguished skin conductance responding in human fear conditioning. | |
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PMID: 15466308 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In a human fear conditioning paradigm using the skin conductance response (SCR), participants were assigned to two groups. Following identical acquisition, group ABA (n = 16) was extinguished to a generalization stimulus (GS), whereas group AAB (n = 20) was extinguished to the conditioned stimulus (CS). At test, presenting the CS in group ABA yielded a strongly recovered SCR. Presenting the GS in group AAB, on the other hand, did not disrupt the effects of extinction. We conclude that extinguishing the CS (group AAB) is an efficient strategy to overcome the stimulus specificity of extinction observed otherwise (group ABA). Clinical implications are discussed. |
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Authors:
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Bram Vervliet; Debora Vansteenwegen; Paul Eelen |
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Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) Volume: 11 ISSN: 1072-0502 ISO Abbreviation: Learn. Mem. Publication Date: 2004 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-10-06 Completed Date: 2005-01-06 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9435678 Medline TA: Learn Mem Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 555-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. bram.vervliet@psy.kuleuven.ac.be |
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Association Learning
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physiology* Conditioning, Classical / physiology* Cues* Extinction, Psychological Fear / physiology* Galvanic Skin Response / physiology* Humans Mental Recall / physiology Reference Values |
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