Do safety behaviors preserve threat expectancy?
Empirical evidence for the detrimental effect of safety behaviors on fear extinction is inconsistent. This fear conditioning study investigated whether the negative effects of safety behavior on extinction learning depend on whether safety behavior precludes the occurrence of threat. In two experime...
Main Authors: | , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Experimental Psychopathology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808718804430 |