Anxiety heightens vigilance and stimulus‐driven attention to the environment, which may in
turn disrupt cognitive control processes such as response inhibition. How this unfolds at the …

In this review paper, we discuss how the overarching concept of prehabilitation is applicable
to alcohol dependence. Central to prehabilitation are the concepts of expected harm, risks …

A reduction of dopamine release or D 2 receptor blockade in the terminal fields of the
mesolimbic system, particularly the amygdala, clearly reduces conditioned fear. Similar D 2 …

Kniha se zabývá složitou otázkou, co jsou emoce a jak s nimi zacházet. Projevovat je, či
neprojevovat? Okřiknout dítě, aby se uklidnilo, nebo ho nechat vyvztekat? Potlačovat pocity …

Alcoholism is a chronic disorder characterized by the appearance of a withdrawal syndrome
following the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake that includes symptoms of physical and …

Attentional bias to threat has been almost exclusively examined after participants
experienced repeated pairings between a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an aversive …

Anger and aggression are frequent problems in deployed military personnel. A lowered
threshold of perceiving and responding to threat can trigger impulsive aggression. This can …

The repercussions of anxiety in one's mood and social interactions are well known. One of
its less recognized effects, however, lies in perception alterations caused by how one …

The anxiety inducing paradigms such as the threat-of-shock paradigm have provided ample
data on the emotional processing of predictable and unpredictable threat, but little is known …

The startle reflex is attenuated and potentiated when participants are viewing pleasant and
unpleasant images, respectively. Research demonstrates that threatening contexts also …