The ventromedial prefrontal cortex in response to threat omission is associated with subsequent explicit safety memory

Abstract In order to memorize and discriminate threatening and safe stimuli, the processing of the actual absence of threat seems crucial. Here, we measured brain activity with fMRI in response to both threat conditioned stimuli and their outcomes by combining threat learning with a subsequent memor...

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Main Authors: Julian Wiemer, Franziska Leimeister, Matthias Gamer, Paul Pauli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57432-0