Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Reflexive fear responses tend to linger in people with anxiety disorders, study suggests

Reflexive fear responses tend to linger in people with anxiety disorders, study suggests

People with and without anxiety disorders learn to fear a threat equally quickly, according to new research However, people with anxiety disorders tend to have a harder time learning to stop being afraid (when the threat is gone) compared to healthy individuals. These trends can be detected by monitoring fear-potentiated startle responses.

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