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Fear expression and return of fear following threat instruction with or without direct contingency experience

Gaëtan MertensDepartment of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Manuel KuhnInstitute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, GermanyView further author information
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An K. RaesArtevelde University College Ghent, Ghent, BelgiumView further author information
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Raffael KalischNeuroimaging Center Mainz, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Mainz, GermanyView further author information
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Jan De HouwerDepartment of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumView further author information
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Tina B. LonsdorfInstitute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, GermanyView further author information
Pages 968-984 | Received 17 Dec 2014, Accepted 01 Apr 2015, Published online: 12 May 2015

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