Defensive freezing and its relation to approach–avoidance decision-making under threat

Abstract Successful responding to acutely threatening situations requires adequate approach–avoidance decisions. However, it is unclear how threat-induced states—like freezing-related bradycardia—impact the weighing of the potential outcomes of such value-based decisions. Insight into the underlying...

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Main Authors: Felix H. Klaassen, Leslie Held, Bernd Figner, Jill X. O’Reilly, Floris Klumpers, Lycia D. de Voogd, Karin Roelofs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90968-z