The role of learning in threat imminence and defensive behaviors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.03.003
Abstract: Life threatening situations as urgent as defending against a predator precludes the use of slow trial and error strategies. Natural selection has led to the evolution of a behavioral system that has 3 critical elements.… read more here.
Keywords: defensive behaviors; learning threat; threat imminence; role learning ... See more keywords
Threat imminence reveals links among unfolding of anticipatory physiological response, cortical-subcortical intrinsic functional connectivity, and anxiety
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100428
Abstract: Excessive expression of fear responses in anticipation of threat occurs in anxiety, but understanding of underlying pathophysiological mechanisms is limited. Animal research indicates that threat-anticipatory defensive responses are dynamically organized by threat imminence and rely… read more here.
Keywords: anxiety; threat; connectivity; threat imminence ... See more keywords