Dysfunctional freezing responses to approaching stimuli in persons with a looming cognitive style for physical threats

Immobilizing freezing responses are associated with anxiety and may be etiologically related to several anxiety disorders. Although recent studies have sought to investigate the underlying mechanisms in freezing responses that are so problematic in many forms of anxiety, cognitive factors related to...

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Main Authors: John H. Riskind, Laura eSagliano, Luigi eTrojano, Massimiliano eConson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00521/full