Anxiety disorders are common and highly distressing mental health conditions. Exposure therapy is a gold-standard treatment for anxiety disorders. Mechanisms of Pavlovian fear …
Classic motivational conflicts theory (Lewin, 1931) distinguishes between approach– approach, and avoidance–avoidance conflicts. Previous research has focused solely on …
Excessive avoidance is characteristic for anxiety disorders, even when approach would lead to positive outcomes. The process of how such approach-avoidance conflicts are resolved is …
Avoidance of potential threat may become maladaptive when it is indiscriminate and resistant to change. Here, we investigated the resistance to change of high and low …
Mouse-tracking is regarded as a powerful technique to investigate latent cognitive and emotional states. However, drawing inferences from this manifold data source carries the …
Adequate control over automatic responses to affective stimuli is crucial for adaptive goal- oriented behavior. However, it remains unclear how individuals overcome automatic …
Anxiety disorders are among the most common and most disabling mental health conditions (Yang et al., 2021). Psychological treatments for anxiety are widely studied and supported …