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