Recent prospective studies in emergency services have identified impaired fear extinction
learning and memory to be a significant predictor of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) …

In human research, studies of return of fear (ROF) phenomena, and reinstatement in
particular, began only a decade ago and recently are more widely used, eg, as outcome …

Abstract Since the seminal 'Little Albert'study by Watson and Rayner (1920), fear
conditioning has become one of the most commonly used paradigms for studying the …

Although pain itself induces negative affect, the removal (or offset) of pain induces a
powerful state of relief. Despite being implicated in a wide range of psychological and …

The classical conditioning paradigm of fear learning has spawned a number of experimental
variations for the explanation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) etiology. These …

This chapter presents evidence that repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is a process present
across a wide variety of emotional disorders. It focuses on a transdiagnostic approach that …

Background: The COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 was associated with an immediate
increase in mental health problems in a significant percentage of the general population …

Complex fear learning procedures might be better suited than the common differential fear-
conditioning paradigm for detecting individual differences related to vulnerability for anxiety …

Fear acquisition and generalization play key roles in promoting the survival of mammals and
contribute to anxiety disorders. While previous research has provided much evidence for the …

Background and objectives Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has been linked to Generalized
Anxiety Disorder (GAD), but studies experimentally manipulating uncertainty have mostly …