On the nature of fear
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An initial period of experience is a necessary prerequisite to establish the notion of the familiar and give rise to the feeling of discrepancy with new patterns of sensory input.
“Thus, an initial period of experience is a necessary prerequisite in order to establish the notion of the familiar and give rise to the feeling of discrepancy with new patterns of sensory input.”
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- Authors
- Hebb, D. O.
- Corresponding author
- Hebb, D. O.
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 1946
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 259-276
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W2065206172
- Cited by
- 482
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 4 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 4.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- fear, emotions, emotional experience
- MeSH terms
- Fear, Humans
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