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Using the Threat Probability Task to Assess Anxiety and Fear During Uncertain and Certain Threat
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Using the Threat Probability Task to Assess Anxiety and Fear During Uncertain and Certain Threat

Published on: September 12, 2014

L Macdonald, A Baron

    Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
    |January 1, 1973
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