Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders and are often chronic and
disabling. Although exposure-based treatments are effective, a substantial number of …

Human fear conditioning research since Watson's case study on “Little Albert” has vastly
evolved and its impact today is reaching far beyond phobic anxiety. This review focuses on …

Individual responses to behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders vary considerably, which
requires a better understanding of underlying processes. In this study, we examined the …

The acquisition of fear associative memory requires brain processes of coordinated neural
activity within the amygdala, prefrontal cortex (PFC), hippocampus, thalamus and brainstem …

Fear is characterized by distinct behavioral and physiological responses that are essential
for the survival of the human species. Fear conditioning (FC) serves as a valuable model for …

Several labels, such as neuroticism, negative emotionality, and dispositional negativity,
indicate a broad dimension of psychopathology. However, largely separate, often disorder …

Fear motivates different types of defensive behaviors. These behaviors are, however, not
mere byproducts of fear. In this review, we highlight a bi-directional relationship between …

In this report, we illustrate the considerable impact of researcher degrees of freedom with
respect to exclusion of participants in paradigms with a learning element. We illustrate this …

Intolerance of uncertainty (IU), the tendency to find uncertainty aversive, is an important
transdiagnostic dimension in mental health disorders. Over the last decade, there has been …

The authors describe how contemporary learning theory and research provide the basis for
models of the etiology and maintenance of anxiety and related disorders. They argue that …