The so-called 'replicability crisis' has sparked methodological discussions in many areas of
science in general, and in psychology in particular. This has led to recent endeavours to …

This review is designed to systematically examine the available evidence about virtual
reality exposure therapy's (VRET) efficacy for phobias, critically describe some of the most …

Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport
related manifestations within this population and impair performance. Mental health cannot …

Women have consistently higher prevalence rates of anxiety disorders, but less is known
about how gender affects age of onset, chronicity, comorbidity, and burden of illness …

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity is viewed as a major component of the emotion
response in many recent theories of emotion. Positions on the degree of specificity of ANS …

We review theory and empirical study of distress tolerance, an emerging risk factor
candidate for various forms of psychopathology. Despite the long-standing interest in and …

The human stress response has been characterized, both physiologically and behaviorally,
as “fight-or-flight.” Although fight-or-flight may characterize the primary physiological …

Data will be reviewed using the acoustic startle reflex in rats and humans based on our
attempts to operationally define fear vs anxiety. Although the symptoms of fear and anxiety …

An evolved module for fear elicitation and fear learning with 4 characteristics is proposed.(a)
The fear module is preferentially activated in aversive contexts by stimuli that are fear …

The ascendance of emotion theory, recent advances in cognitive science and neuroscience,
and increasingly important findings from developmental psychology and learning make …