The brain mechanisms of fear have been studied extensively using Pavlovian fear
conditioning, a procedure that allows exploration of how the brain learns about and later …

Fear, which can be expressed innately or after conditioning, is triggered when a danger or a
stimulus predicting immediate danger is perceived. Its role is to prepare the body to face this …

An evolved module for fear elicitation and fear learning with 4 characteristics is proposed.(a)
The fear module is preferentially activated in aversive contexts by stimuli that are fear …

The goal of this volume is to bring together the most recent empirical and theoretical
developments in the basic science of fear learning and to translate these developments to …

How fear is represented in the brain has generated a lot of research attention, not only
because fear increases the chances for survival when appropriately expressed but also …

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the neural basis of emotion. Much
of this enthusiasm has been triggered by studies of the amygdala and its contribution to fear …

We describe evidence for an evolved module for fear elicitation and fear learning with four
primary characteristics. First, it is preferentially activated by stimuli related to survival threats …

Pavlovian or classical fear conditioning is recognized as a model system to investigate the
neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory in the mammalian brain and to …

▪ Abstract Learning the relationships between aversive events and the environmental stimuli
that predict such events is essential to the survival of organisms throughout the animal …

In recent years, much progress has been made in elucidating the neural system underlying
classic fear conditioning, a well-defined behavioral model of emotional learning and …