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High threat intensity increases conditioned fear generalization and makes extinction of a generalization stimulus less effective

2024-11-30

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Generalization of conditioned fear is adaptive for survival. However, overgeneralization of fear from threat cues to loosely similar yet safe stimuli is a hallmark of anxiety-related disorders. Such overgeneralization may impact other fear learning processes. In particular, broad fear generalization might limit the effectiveness of extinction training, which may further maintain anxiety. Here, we examined if incre...

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Literature Corpus work: dadaab95-ed30-5ba8-8927-0364a0cc327f
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.29.625989

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