Fear Reduction Without Fear Through Reinforcement of Neural Activity That Bypasses Conscious Exposure

Overview

Journal Nat Hum Behav

Specialties Psychology
Social Sciences

Date 2017 Oct 10

PMID 28989977

Citations 63

Authors

Ai Koizumi

Kaoru Amano

Aurelio Cortese

Kazuhisa Shibata

Wako Yoshida

Ben Seymour

Mitsuo Kawato

Hakwan Lau

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