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Mar 20, 2017 · Abstract. Fear, which can be expressed innately or after conditioning, is triggered when a danger or a stimulus predicting immediate danger is perceived. Its role is to prepare the body to face this danger. However, dysfunction in fear processing can lead to psychiatric disorders in which fear outweighs the danger or possibility of harm.
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The fear neurons activate, in turn, neurons in the central...
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Fear, which can be expressed innately or after conditioning,...
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Antidepressant drugs have been used for over 5 decades to...
- Implications for Memory Allocation
Specifically, neurons in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala...
- Role of The Medial Prefrontal Cortex
Furthermore, phobia-specific effortful regulation within...
- Inhibitory Networks of The Amygdala for Emotional Memory
Model of amygdala circuitry during fear conditioning and...
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Sep 1, 2002 · Abstract. Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by ...
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The Biology and Psychology of Fear 9 These traumas of the most basic type inflicted on others may even have a somewhat cathartic effect. If we realize that the world remains a dangerous place, but this danger is instead experienced by others, we are consoled that danger is directed elsewhere. The odds shift in our favor.
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Speci c phobias are extreme and persistent fears of certain fi objects, situations, or activities, or persons. Additionally, people who suffer from speci c phobias work hard to avoid their phobia fi stimuli even though they know there is no threat or danger, but they feel powerless to stop their irrational fear.
phobia?A phobia is defined as an extreme, overwhelming fear or aversion to an object or situation and it is much more pronounced than a regul. r fear. Symptoms may include dry mouth, palpitations (irregular heartbeats), sweating and trembling and the person with the phobia may even feel faint or dizzy (Bourne.
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Abstract. Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by increased arousal, expectancy, autonomic and neuroendocrine activation, and specific behavior patterns. The function of these changes is to facilitate ...
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Dec 1, 2009 · to initialize an innately hardwired response, in its more extreme. version, the nonassociative point of view assumes that certain. fears, such as fear of heights and water, represent ...
