Project

Feeling versus thinking: A search for the determinants of fear acquisition and extinction in the context of individual differences.

Code
01P07911
Duration
01 October 2011 → 15 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Psychopathology
    • Psychotherapy
    • Learning and behaviour
    • Motivation and emotion
Keywords
fear conditioning evaluative conditioning anxiety disorders
 
Project description

Previous research has identified cognitive change as a crucial factor in fear learning. However, the negative connotation that a fear-evoking stimulus acquires, or the physiological responses it elicits (‘feeling’) often persists after harm expectancy (‘thinking’) has disappeared. In the current research, we use the fear conditioning model to further investigate the roles of feeling and thinking in fear learning.