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dc.contributor.authorLuck, Camilla
dc.contributor.authorLipp, Ottmar
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-15T22:16:42Z
dc.date.available2017-03-15T22:16:42Z
dc.date.created2017-02-26T19:31:34Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationLuck, C. and Lipp, O. 2017. Verbal instructions targeting valence alter negative conditional stimulus evaluations (but do not affect reinstatement rates). Cognition and Emotion. 32 (1): pp. 61-80.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49880
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02699931.2017.1280449
dc.description.abstract

Negative conditional stimulus (CS) valence acquired during fear conditioning may enhance fear relapse and is difficult to remove as it extinguishes slowly and does not respond to the instruction that unconditional stimulus (US) presentations will cease. We examined whether instructions targeting CS valence would be more effective. In Experiment 1, an image of one person (CS+) was paired with an aversive US, while another (CS-) was presented alone. After acquisition, participants were given positive information about the CS+ poser and negative information about the CS- poser. Instructions reversed the pattern of differential CS valence present during acquisition and eliminated differential electrodermal responding. In Experiment 2, we compared positive and negative CS revaluation by providing positive/negative information about the CS+ and neutral information about CS-. After positive revaluation, differential valence was removed and differential electrodermal responding remained intact. After negative revaluation, differential valence was strengthened and differential electrodermal responding was eliminated. Unexpectedly, the instructions did not affect the reinstatement of differential electrodermal responding.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120100750
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/SR120300015
dc.titleVerbal instructions targeting valence alter negative conditional stimulus evaluations (but do not affect reinstatement rates)
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.startPage61
dcterms.source.endPage80
dcterms.source.issn0269-9931
dcterms.source.titleCognition and Emotion
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This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cognition and Emotion on 31/1/2017 available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02699931.2017.1280449

curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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