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S/PS/189. What happens in the brain when adaptive fear responses turn into anxiety?

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1800
DATE:
2009
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19.99 GBP

The paper examines the cognitive mechanisms of fear reviewing scientific studies of the brain processes involved in anxiety, and suggesting explanations for anxiety symptoms and conditioned fear responses. Treatments for anxiety conditions are discussed arguing whether cognitive biases in anxiety can cause functional and structural changes in the brain.

 

KEYWORDS: Brain, fear, anxiety, cognitive,

 
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