[HTML][HTML] The role of intolerance of uncertainty in classical threat conditioning: Recent developments and directions for future research

J Morriss, DV Zuj, G Mertens - International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU), the tendency to find uncertainty aversive, is an important
transdiagnostic dimension in mental health disorders. Over the last decade, there has been …

Consensus design of a calibration experiment for human fear conditioning

DR Bach, J Sporrer, R Abend, T Beckers… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fear conditioning is a widely used laboratory model to investigate learning, memory, and
psychopathology across species. The quantification of learning in this paradigm is …

[HTML][HTML] Delineating implicit and explicit processes in neurofeedback learning

S Muñoz-Moldes, A Cleeremans - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Neurofeedback allows humans to self-regulate neural activity in specific brain regions and is
considered a promising tool for psychiatric interventions. Recently, methods have been …

Avoidance of learnt fear: Models, potential mechanisms, and future directions

AHK Wong, FM Wirth, A Pittig - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Avoiding stimuli that were previously associated with threat is essential for adaptive
functioning, but excessive avoidance that persists in the absence of threat can turn …

Sometimes I feel the fear of uncertainty: How intolerance of uncertainty and trait anxiety impact fear acquisition, extinction and the return of fear

A Wroblewski, M Hollandt, Y Yang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is hypothesized that the ability to discriminate between threat and safety is impaired in
individuals with high dispositional negativity, resulting in maladaptive behavior. A large body …

[HTML][HTML] The degree of safety behaviors to a safety stimulus predicts development of threat beliefs

AHK Wong, EAM van Dis, A Pittig… - … Research and Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Safety behaviors are behavioral responses that aim to prevent or minimize an imminent
threat when confronting a feared stimulus. Despite its adaptive purpose, preliminary …

Developmental Differences in a Hippocampal–Cingulate Pathway Involved in Learned Safety Following Interpersonal Trauma Exposure

S Kribakaran, SN DeCross, P Odriozola… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Nearly 65% of youth experience trauma, and up to one-third of youth with trauma
exposure face profound mental health sequelae. There remains a need to elucidate factors …

Fear learning and generalization during pandemic fear: how COVID-19-related anxiety affects classical fear conditioning with traumatic film clips

A Hauck, T Michael, DSF de Sa - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly disrupted our daily lives. Worldwide, people were
confronted with health, financial, and existential fears or trauma-like experiences. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Can glucose facilitate fear exposure? Randomized, placebo-controlled trials on the effects of glucose administration on fear extinction processes

A Hauck, T Michael, TC Issler, S Klein… - … Research and Therapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Previous studies showed that glucose has beneficial effects on memory function and can
enhance contextual fear learning. To derive potential therapeutic interventions, further …

Incentive-based, instructed, and social observational extinction of avoidance: Fear-opposite actions and their influence on fear extinction

A Pittig, AHK Wong - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Avoidance is a transdiagnostic symptom of clinical anxiety and its reduction a major focus of
cognitive-behavioral treatments. This study examined the instrumental extinction of goal …