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Towards a new understanding of fear generalization and its neural origin

2018-10-31

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Forming generalizations from previous experiences is a complex skill, which requires a delicate coordination between several basic cognitive abilities. In menacing situations, this ability is called “fear generalization”. It allows humans to predict harmful events and is necessary for survival. Impairments of this ability may lead to overgeneralizations – a phenomenon we know from anxiety disorders. By and large,...

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Literature Corpus work: 902d8048-8eb3-5704-b8a5-dc59ed99338a
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27311v1

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