Topic: negative valence systems

Background: This study explores how threat learning contributes to the development of fear and anxiety. We aim to determine if observed responses indicate a general novelty marker, are solely linked to arousal, and are influenced by valence. Adopting the transdiagnostic RDoC approach, this study focuses on acute and sustained threat within negative valence systems.Aims: Utilizing a modified Threat Conditioning and Extinction Task (TCET), we examined fear memory traces in healthy over three phases (preconditioning, conditioning, extinction). The study involved subjective ratings of faces associ