The role of associative fear and avoidance learning in anxiety disorders: Gaps and directions for future research
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders and are often chronic and
disabling. Although exposure-based treatments are effective, a substantial number of …
disabling. Although exposure-based treatments are effective, a substantial number of …
[HTML][HTML] Avoidance and its bi-directional relationship with conditioned fear: Mechanisms, moderators, and clinical implications
Fear motivates different types of defensive behaviors. These behaviors are, however, not
mere byproducts of fear. In this review, we highlight a bi-directional relationship between …
mere byproducts of fear. In this review, we highlight a bi-directional relationship between …
Dealing with the COVID-19 infodemic: Distress by information, information avoidance, and compliance with preventive measures
KU Siebenhaar, AK Köther, GW Alpers - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, media reports have caused
anxiety and distress in many. In some individuals, feeling distressed by information may lead …
anxiety and distress in many. In some individuals, feeling distressed by information may lead …
Elevated costly avoidance in anxiety disorders: Patients show little downregulation of acquired avoidance in face of competing rewards for approach
Background Pathological avoidance is a transdiagnostic characteristic of anxiety disorders.
Avoidance conditioning re‐emerged as a translational model to examine mechanisms and …
Avoidance conditioning re‐emerged as a translational model to examine mechanisms and …
Avoidance of learnt fear: Models, potential mechanisms, and future directions
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 …
functioning, but excessive avoidance that persists in the absence of threat can turn …
Incentive-based extinction of safety behaviors: Positive outcomes competing with aversive outcomes trigger fear-opposite action to prevent protection from fear …
A Pittig - Behaviour research and therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Maladaptive safety behavior maintains fear and anxiety by prohibiting inhibitory learning
about the non-occurrence of feared outcomes (known as protection from extinction). Not …
about the non-occurrence of feared outcomes (known as protection from extinction). Not …
Costly avoidance in anxious individuals: Elevated threat avoidance in anxious individuals under high, but not low competing rewards
A Pittig, S Scherbaum - Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and objectives When avoiding threat conflicts with approaching rewards,
balanced responses to threat and reward information is required to guide functional …
balanced responses to threat and reward information is required to guide functional …
A circuit from dorsal hippocampal CA3 to parvafox nucleus mediates chronic social defeat stress–induced deficits in preference for social novelty
Y Liu, SL Deng, LX Li, ZX Zhou, Q Lv, ZY Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The preference for social novelty is crucial to the social life of humans and rodents.
However, the neural mechanisms underlying social novelty preference are poorly …
However, the neural mechanisms underlying social novelty preference are poorly …
Same fear responses, less avoidance: Rewards competing with aversive outcomes do not buffer fear acquisition, but attenuate avoidance to accelerate subsequent …
A Pittig, J Dehler - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Rewards for approaching a feared stimulus may compete with fear reduction inherent to
avoidance and thereby alter fear and avoidance learning. However, the impact of such …
avoidance and thereby alter fear and avoidance learning. However, the impact of such …
How interindividual differences shape approach-avoidance behavior: Relating self-report and diagnostic measures of interindividual differences to behavioral …
Responding to stimuli in ambiguous environments is partially governed by approach-
avoidance tendencies. Imbalances in these approach-avoidance behaviors are implicated …
avoidance tendencies. Imbalances in these approach-avoidance behaviors are implicated …