Costly habitual avoidance is reduced by concurrent goal-directed approach in a modified devaluation paradigm.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103964
Abstract: Avoidance habits potentially contribute to maintaining maladaptive, costly avoidance behaviors that persist in the absence of threat. However, experimental evidence about costly habitual avoidance is scarce. In two experiments, we tested whether extensively trained avoidance… read more here.
Keywords: goal directed; habitual avoidance; directed approach; avoidance ... See more keywords
Mapping affective pathways to compulsion: Insights from an aversive devaluation approach.
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DOI: 10.1556/2006.2025.00089
Abstract: Abstract Background and aims Dysregulation in instrumental control systems is implicated in compulsivity, a transdiagnostic construct proposed to underlie diverse maladaptive behaviors. While habit formation in reward-based learning is well-characterized, its role in avoidance learning… read more here.
Keywords: control; avoidance; aversive devaluation; habitual avoidance ... See more keywords