Empathy does not amplify vicarious threat learning.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103577
Abstract: Clinically significant fears and phobias can be acquired vicariously. Witnessing another person's defensive reactions to potentially dangerous objects and situations can instill conditioned threat responses in the observer. The present study investigated individual differences in… read more here.
Keywords: empathy amplify; amplify vicarious; threat; threat learning ... See more keywords