Study protocol of an investigation of attention and prediction error as mechanisms of action for latent inhibition of dental fear in humans
Abstract Background Evidence suggests that dental anxiety and phobia are frequently the result of direct associative fear conditioning but that pre-exposure to dental stimuli prior to conditioning results in latent inhibition of fear learning. The mechanisms underlying the pre-exposure effect in hum...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-01-01
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Series: | BMC Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01054-0 |