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Evidence for expectancy as a mediator of avoidance and anxiety in a laboratory model of human avoidance learning

Peter F. Lovibond University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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J. Clare Saunders University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Gabrielle Weidemann University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Christopher J. Mitchell University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pages 1199-1216 | Received 08 Jul 2005, Accepted 23 Apr 2007, Published online: 09 Jul 2008

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