Visual avoidance in phobia: particularities in neural activity, autonomic responding, and cognitive risk evaluations

We investigated the neural mechanisms and the autonomic and cognitive responses associated with visual avoidance behavior in spider phobia. Spider phobic and control participants imagined visiting different forest locations with the possibility of encountering spiders, snakes, or birds (neutral refe...

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Main Authors: Tatjana eAue, Marie-Eve eHoeppli, Camille ePiguet, Virginie eSterpenich, Patrik eVuilleumier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00194/full