[HTML][HTML] The role of relief, perceived control, and prospective intolerance of uncertainty in excessive avoidance in uncertain-threat environments

PL Cobos, MJ Quintero, M Ruiz-Fuentes… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Excessive avoidance is a key feature of pathological anxiety. However, the precise
mechanisms underlying the development of excessive avoidance are still unknown. In the …

Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Does Not Accelerate Fear Extinction: A Randomized, Sham‐Controlled Study

M D'Agostini, L Vanden Bossche, AM Burger… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has been tested as a strategy to
facilitate fear extinction learning based on the hypothesis that taVNS increases central …

Working hard to avoid: Fixed-ratio response effort and maladaptive avoidance in humans

S Dymond, W Xia, K Lloyd… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Maladaptive avoidance of safe stimuli is a defining feature of anxiety and related disorders.
Avoidance may involve physical effort or the completion of a fixed series of responses to …

Generalization of Costly Pain-Related Avoidance Based on Real-Life Categorical Knowledge

E Glogan, P Liu, A Meulders - Psychological Science, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Avoiding activities posing bodily threat is adaptive. However, spreading of avoidance to safe
activities may cause functional disability in people with chronic pain. We investigated …