Impact of observational and direct learning on fear conditioning and generalization in humans

• Published in: Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry Vol. 121; p. 110650
• Main Authors: Dou, Haoran, Lei, Yi, Pan, Yafeng, Li, Hong, Astikainen, Piia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 08.03.2023
• Subjects: Alpha-band oscillations; Attention; Conditioning, Classical - physiology; Event-related potentials; Fear - physiology; Fear conditioning; Fear generalization; Generalization, Psychological - physiology; Humans; Learning - physiology; Observational learning; Fear generalization; Event-related potentials; Alpha-band oscillations; Observational learning; Fear conditioning

Humans gain knowledge about threats not only from their own experiences but also from observing others' behavior. A neutral stimulus is associated with a threat stimulus for several times and the neutral stimulus will evoke fear responses, which is known as fear conditioning. When encountering...