Previous studies have found that sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is often associated with
difficulties in real-life functioning, such as social problems, emotional difficulties, and …

Panic disorder is a psychiatric disorder characterized by recurrent panic attacks, with a
prevalence of~ 4% in the general population, causing heavy personal and socioeconomic …

Research on social threat has shown influences of various factors, such as agent
characteristics, proximity, and social interaction on social threat perception. An important, yet …

Background Deeper phenotyping may improve our understanding of depression. Because
depression is heterogeneous, extracting cognitive signatures associated with severity of …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating disorder characterized by excessive
fear, hypervigilance, and avoidance of thoughts, situations or reminders of the trauma …

Social threat requires fast adaptive reactions. One prominent threat-coping behavior present
in both humans and other species is freezing, of which heart rate deceleration and reduced …

BACKGROUND: The heterogeneity of symptoms and ineffective treatment raise questions
about the current diagnostic criteria of fibromyalgia (FM). Misdiagnosis of FM often leads to …

Background The freezing response is a universal response to threat, linked to attentive
immobility and action preparation. It is relevant for acute stress coping in animals and …

Although the acute stress response is a highly adaptive survival mechanism, much remains
unknown about how its activation impacts our decisions and actions. Based on its resource …

Bats primarily use sound information, including echolocation, for social communication. Bats
under stressful conditions, for example when confronted by a predator, will emit aggressive …