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dc.contributor.advisorÅsli, Ole
dc.contributor.authorSandvik, Rikke Pauline
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-01T14:47:22Z
dc.date.available2020-05-01T14:47:22Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-01
dc.description.abstractFear-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 healthy volunteers. This procedure allowed an assessment of startle responses at different lead intervals, as well as the participants awareness of contingencies in the study and the effect this had on the extinction phase. The participants achieved successful fear conditioning and fear-potentiated startle responses, but not satisfactory contingency awareness. There was significant extinction on the two longest lead intervals, but no extinction was found for the shortest lead interval.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/18181
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDPSY-2901
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Biologisk psykologi: 261en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260::Biological psychology: 261en_US
dc.titleContingency awareness and its effects on fear-potentiated startle and extinctionen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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