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Fear (de)conditioning: The effect of a deconditioning procedure on relapse prevention.
Quintero Felipe, María José; Morís Fernández, Joaquín; López-Gutiérrez, Francisco José
; Vervliet, Bram (2024)
The extinction of threat expectancies is a fragile phenomenon, as these responses may reappear later. In recent years, several techniques have been proposed to mitigate relapse. One of them is the deconditioning treatment, ... -
Fear regulation: from passive extinction to active avoidance
(2017-10-18)It is adaptive to start fearing stimuli that signal imminent danger and to stop fearing these signals when they are no longer followed by danger. The topic of extinction research is to investigate the mechanisms of fear ... -
Intolerance of uncertainty predisposes to avoidance habit acquisition
Flores Martín, Amanda; Cobos-Cano, Pedro Luis; López-Gutiérrez, Francisco José; Vervliet, Bram (2016-09-20)
Many mental disorders are characterised by the presence of compulsions and incontrollable habits. Most studies on habit learning, both in animals and in humans, are based on positive reinforcement paradigms. However, the ... -
The role of aversiveness in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and inflexible avoidance
Flores Martín, Amanda; López-Gutiérrez, Francisco José; Vervliet, Bram; Cobos-Cano, Pedro Luis (2018-09-25)
The study of avoidance behaviour is considered relevant to improve our understanding of anxiety disorders, which are commonly characterized by the presence of undue avoidance behaviours. Flores et al. (2018) found evidence ... -
Studying habit acquisition with an avoidance learning task
Flores Martín, Amanda; Cobos-Cano, Pedro Luis; López-Gutiérrez, Francisco José; Andrades, Ainhoa; Vervliet, Bram (2015-09-15)
The study of habit acquisition and expression is considered relevant to improve our understanding of mental disorders characterised by the presence of compulsive or incontrollable behaviours. Most studies on habit learning, ... -
The role of relief, perceived control, and prospective intolerance of uncertainty in excessive avoidance in uncertain-threat environments
Cobos-Cano, Pedro Luis; Quintero Felipe, María José; Ruiz-Fuentes, María; Vervliet, Bram; López-González, Francisco Javier (Elsevier, 2022-09)
Excessive avoidance is a key feature of pathological anxiety. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the development of excessive avoidance are still unknown. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that excessive ...