Empathy does not amplify vicarious threat learning.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103577
Abstract: Clinically significant fears and phobias can be acquired vicariously. Witnessing another person's defensive reactions to potentially dangerous objects and situations can instill conditioned threat responses in the observer. The present study investigated individual differences in… read more here.
Keywords: empathy amplify; amplify vicarious; threat; threat learning ... See more keywords
Correlation between laboratory-based vicarious threat learning and emotional disorder symptom dimensions.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2021.101696
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Vicarious threat conditioning abnormalities are theorized to confer vulnerability to a wide range of emotional problems. We tested two different conceptual models of this non-specificity. First, hypersensitivity to socially conditioned danger cues… read more here.
Keywords: learning emotional; threat; threat learning; vicarious threat ... See more keywords