Vigour in active avoidance

Abstract It would be maladaptive to learn about catastrophes by trial and error alone. Investment in planning and effort are necessary. Devoting too many resources to averting disaster, however, can impair quality of life, as in anxiety and paranoia. Here, we developed a novel task to explore how pe...

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Main Authors: Camilla L Nord, Gita Prabhu, Tobias Nolte, Peter Fonagy, Ray Dolan, Michael Moutoussis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00127-6