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Examining the effect of stress on the flexible updating of avoidance responses
Acute stress has been found to impair the flexible updating of stimulus – outcome associations. However, there is a lack of studies investigating the effect of acute stress on... -
When Do We Not Face Our Fears? Investigating the Boundary Conditions of Costl...
Excessive generalization of fear and avoidance are hallmark symptoms of chronic pain disability, yet research focusing on the mechanisms underlying generalization of avoidance... -
Alike, But Not Quite: Comparing the Generalization of Pain-Related Fear and P...
Pain-related fear and −avoidance crucially contribute to pain chronification. People with chronic pain may adopt costly avoidance strategies above and beyond what is necessary,... -
When do we not face our fears? Investigating the boundary conditions of costl...
Excessive generalization of fear and avoidance are hallmark symptoms of chronic pain disability, yet research focusing on the mechanisms underlying generalization of avoidance... -
Know Your Movements: Poorer Proprioceptive Accuracy is Associated With Overpr...
Pain-related avoidance of movements that are actually safe (ie, overprotective behavior) plays a key role in chronic pain disability. Avoidance is reinforced through operant... -
Increased positive affect is associated with less generalization of pain-rela...
Fear-avoidance models of chronic pain consider excessive spreading (or overgeneralization) of pain-related avoidance toward safe activities to play a crucial role in chronic...
