Cameron, Gemma; Schlund, Michael W.; Dymond, Simon(Frontiers Media SA, 2015-06-18)
Excessive avoidance behavior, in which an instrumental action prevents an upcoming aversive event, is a defining feature of anxiety disorders. Left unchecked, both fear and avoidance of potentially threatening stimuli may generalize to perceptually ...
Schlund, Michael W.; Brewer, Adam T.; Richman, David M.; Magee, Sandy K.; Dymond, Simon(Frontiers Media SA, 2015-06-10)
The dorsal anterior cingulate (adACC) and dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC)
play a central role in the discrimination and appraisal of threatening stimuli. Yet, little
is known about what specific features of threatening situations recruit these ...