Defensive motivation and attention in anticipation of different types of predictable and unpredictable threat: A startle and event-related potential investigation.
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DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12869
Abstract: Predictability is an important characteristic of threat that impacts defensive motivation and attentional engagement. Supporting research has primarily focused on actual threat (e.g., shocks), and it is unclear whether the predictability of less intense threat… read more here.
Keywords: defensive motivation; unpredictable threat; threat; unpleasant pictures ... See more keywords
When the approaching threat is uncertain: Dynamics of defensive motivation and attention in trait anxiety.
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DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14049
Abstract: Uncertainty of threat has been linked to anxiety, but little is known about how neurophysiological responses change as uncertain threats approach and whether trait anxiety modulates these changes. The current study was designed to explore… read more here.
Keywords: trait; anxious individuals; defensive motivation; threat ... See more keywords