Conceptual Similarity Promotes Generalization of Higher Order Fear Learning

Autor/inn/en	Dunsmoor, Joseph E.; White, Allison J.; LaBar, Kevin S.
Titel	Conceptual Similarity Promotes Generalization of Higher Order Fear Learning
Quelle	In: Learning & Memory, 18 (2011) 3, S.156-160 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0502
DOI	10.1101/lm.2016411
Schlagwörter	Cues; Generalization; Fear; Anxiety; Correlation; Conditioning; Learning Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Furcht; Angst; Korrelation; Learning process; Lernprozess
Abstract	We tested the hypothesis that conceptual similarity promotes generalization of conditioned fear. Using a sensory preconditioning procedure, three groups of subjects learned an association between two cues that were conceptually similar, unrelated, or mismatched. Next, one of the cues was paired with a shock. The other cue was then reintroduced to test for fear generalization, as measured by the skin conductance response. Results showed enhanced fear generalization that correlated with trait anxiety levels in the group that learned an association between conceptually similar stimuli. These findings suggest that conceptual representations of conditional stimuli influence human fear learning processes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10