Enhanced discriminative fear learning of phobia-irrelevant stimuli in spider-fearful individuals

Enhanced discriminative fear learning of phobia-irrelevant stimuli in spider-fearful individuals

Avoidance is considered as a central hallmark of all anxiety disorders. The acquisition and expression of avoidance which leads to the maintenance and exacerbation of pathological fear is closely linked to Pavlovian and operant conditioning processes. Changes in conditionability might represent a ke...

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Main Authors: Carina eMosig, Christian eMerz, Cornelia eMohr, Dirk eAdolph, Oliver T Wolf, Silvia eSchneider, Jürgen eMargraf, Armin eZlomuzica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Anxiety Disorders
extinction
virtual reality
fear renewal
Differential fear conditioning
specific phobia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00328/full

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