Abstract Since the seminal 'Little Albert'study by Watson and Rayner (1920), fear
conditioning has become one of the most commonly used paradigms for studying the …

In a complex world, we are constantly faced with environmental stimuli that shape our
moment‐to‐moment experiences. But just as rich and complex as the external world is the …

Exposure therapy consists of exposing patients to their fears and thereby diminishing their
harm expectancies (ie, extinction or expectancy learning). Although effective for many …

Mental imagery has a long history in the science and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy
(CBT), stemming from both behavioural and cognitive traditions. The past decade or so has …

Distressing mental images are common in anxiety disorders and can make it difficult for
patients to confront feared situations. This study examined whether imagery rescripting …

Fear renewal occurs when the context changes after fear extinction; however, whether
avoidance is also influenced by context changes following fear extinction is untested. Forty …

Background In this systematic review, we aimed to synthesise existing research on the
phenomenology of mental imagery among high worriers compared to healthy individuals …

Exposure therapy is the recommended treatment for anxiety disorders, but many anxious
individuals are unwilling to expose themselves to feared situations. Episodic simulation of …

Mental imagery is an important tool in the cognitive control of emotion. The present study
tests the prediction that visual imagery can generate and regulate differential fear …

Mental imagery may represent a weaker form of perception and, thus, mental images may
be more ambiguous than visual percepts. If correct, the acquisition of fear would be less …