Extinción, evitación y generalización: Procesos de aprendizaje del miedo y sus relaciones con rasgos ansiosos y

Lu Leng1, Tom Beckers1, Bram Vervliet2

  • 1Center for the Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, KU Leuven, Belgium; Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium.

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Resumen

La extinción, la evitación y la generalización son procesos independientes en el condicionamiento del miedo, no se agrupan en perfiles distintos. Sus déficits pueden tener impulsores separados, pero el análisis prueba por prueba revela vínculos más fuertes con la ansiedad y la depresión.

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