Blar i forfatter Institutt for psykologi "Sandvik, Rikke Pauline"
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Contingency awareness and its effects on fear-potentiated startle and extinction
Sandvik, Rikke Pauline (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-01)Fear-potentiated startle is defined as an increase in the magnitude of the startle reflex in the presence of a stimulus that has been paired with an aversive stimulus or event. It has been debated how much awareness of contingencies can affect fear-potentiated startle and the extinction of this. A conditional discrimination procedure was adapted to a human fear-potentiated startle paradigm in 33 ...