Individual differences in discriminatory fear learning under conditions of ambiguity: A vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders?

Individual differences in discriminatory fear learning under conditions of ambiguity: A vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders?

Complex fear learning procedures might be better suited than the common differential fear conditioning paradigm for detecting individual differences related to vulnerability for anxiety disorders. Two such procedures are the blocking procedure and the protection-from-overshadowing procedure. Their c...

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Main Authors: Inna eArnaudova, Angelos-Miltiadis eKrypotos, Marieke eEffting, Yannick eBoddez, Merel eKindt, Tom eBeckers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Anxiety Disorders
Generalization (Psychology)
Fear conditioning
Classical Conditioning
ambiguity
diathesis-stress model
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00298/full

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