Acute stress leaves fear generalization in healthy individuals intact.
Because threatening situations often occur in a similar manner, the generalization of fear to similar situations is adaptive and can avoid harm to the organism. However, the overgeneralization of fear to harmless stimuli is maladaptive and assumed to contribute to anxiety disorders. Thus, elucidatin...
| Published in: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 372 - 390 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Apr2021
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |