FEAR CONDITIONING AND EXTINCTION IN ANXIOUS AND NONANXIOUS YOUTH AND ADULTS: EXAMINING A NOVEL DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE FEAR-CONDITIONING TASK

摘要

BackgroundFear conditioning and extinction have been implicated in the pathogenesis of anxiety disorders. However, due to ethical and methodological limitations, few studies have examined these learning processes across development, particularly among anxious individuals. The present study examined differences in fear conditioning and extinction in anxious and nonanxious youth and adults using a novel task designed to be more tolerable for children than existing paradigms.