ABSTRACT A theory is proposed that views emotional feelings as pivotal for action control.
Feelings of emotions are valued interoceptive signals from the body that become …

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 …

The coronavirus outbreak in December 2019 completely changed the dynamic of
consumption in different sectors of industry. The food and beverage industries have been …

This special issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Little Albert study, published in
February 1920, which marked the birth of human fear conditioning research. The collection …

Intrusions in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are clinically understood as conditioned
responses (CRs) to trauma-cues; however, experimental evidence for this is limited. We …

Safety behaviors are often maladaptive in clinical anxiety as they typically persist without
realistic threat and cause various impairments. In the laboratory, safety behaviors are …

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

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 …

Mental imagery is involved in both the expression and treatment of fear-related disorders
such as anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. However, the neural correlates …

Occasionally presenting the unconditioned stimulus (US) during extinction training
(occasional reinforced extinction, ORE) either unpaired or paired with the conditioned …