The current review and synthesis serves to define and contextualize fear of the unknown
relative to related constructs, such as intolerance of uncertainty, and contemporary models …

The current review and synthesis was designed to provocatively develop and evaluate the
proposition that “fear of the unknown may be a, or possibly the, fundamental fear”(Carleton …

Depression is a significant public health problem, but its etiology and pathophysiology
remain poorly understood. Such incomplete understanding likely arises from the fact that …

Modern anxiety disorder models implicitly include intolerance of uncertainty (IU) as a critical
component for the development and maintenance of these pervasive social and economic …

The cognitive model of depression has significantly influenced the understanding of
distorted cognitive processes in major depression; however, this model's conception of …

Accurate assessment of animal emotion (affect) is an important goal in animal welfare
science, and in areas such as neuroscience and psychopharmacology. Direct measures of …

Objectives Prospection, the mental representation of possible futures, is usually adaptive.
When it goes awry, however, it disrupts emotion and motivation. A negative view of the future …

Judgment bias tasks (JBTs) are considered as a family of promising tools in the assessment
of emotional states of animals. JBTs provide a cognitive measure of optimism and/or …

Anxiety and depression are distinct—albeit overlapping—psychiatric diseases, currently
diagnosed by self-reported-symptoms. This research presents a new diagnostic …

Anhedonia, the reduced propensity to experience pleasure, is a promising endophenotype
and vulnerability factor for several psychiatric disorders, including depression and …