The social learning of threat and safety in the family: Parent-to-child transmission of social fears via verbal information.
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DOI: 10.1002/dev.22257
Abstract: Parental verbal threat (vs. safety) information regarding the social world may impact a child's fear responses, evident in subjective, behavioral, cognitive, and physiological indices of fear. In this study, primary caregivers provided standardized verbal threat… read more here.
Keywords: threat; information; threat safety; verbal threat ... See more keywords
Temporally and anatomically specific contributions of the human amygdala to threat and safety learning
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204066119
Abstract: Significance Pavlovian threat learning is a primary translational model for understanding the brain systems that underlie anxiety and trauma-related psychopathology. The amygdala has traditionally played a central role in this important form of learning across… read more here.
Keywords: safety learning; amygdala threat; temporally anatomically; threat ... See more keywords
A partner's smile is not per se a safety signal: Psychophysiological response patterns to instructed threat and safety.
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DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14273
Abstract: Recent studies on fear conditioning and pain perception suggest that pictures of loved ones (e.g., a romantic partner) may serve as a prepared safety cue that is less likely to signal aversive events. Challenging this… read more here.
Keywords: safety; loved ones; threat; partner ... See more keywords
White Matter Plasticity in Anxiety: Disruption of Neural Network Synchronization During Threat-Safety Discrimination
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DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2020.587053
Abstract: Recent evidence highlighted the importance of white matter tracts in typical and atypical behaviors. White matter dynamically changes in response to learning, stress, and social experiences. Several lines of evidence have reported white matter dysfunction… read more here.
Keywords: anxiety; plasticity anxiety; threat safety; white matter ... See more keywords