Incident experience predicts freezing-like responses in firefighters.

Freezing is a defensive response to acute stress that is associated with coping and alterations in attentional processing. However, it remains unclear whether individuals in high risk professions, who are skilled at making rapid decisions in emergency situations, show altered threat-induced freezing...

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Main Authors: Verena Ly, Linsey Roijendijk, Hans Hazebroek, Clemon Tonnaer, Muriel A Hagenaars
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5646857?pdf=render