Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6031157 | NeuroImage | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The existence of a skin conductance response to an expected but omitted aversive stimulus has recently been challenged. To counter this claim, we provide a review of the literature and a temporal analysis of two independent skin conductance data sets during aversive conditioning and extinction that demonstrates a consistent and reproducible skin conductance response at omission of an anticipated aversive stimulus. The validity of this so-called unconditioned stimulus (US) omission response is relevant for skin conductance modeling in the context of neuroimaging and more generally for conditioning theory.
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Authors
Victor I. Spoormaker, Jens Blechert, Roberto Goya-Maldonado, Philipp G. Sämann, Frank H. Wilhelm, Michael Czisch,