Mobbs, Dean (2018) The ethological deconstruction of fear(s). Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 24 . pp. 32-37. ISSN 2352-1546. PMCID PMC6715320. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.02.008. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180327-110701394
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Abstract
The natural world presents a myriad of dangers that can threaten an organism's survival. This diversity of threats is matched by a set of universal and species specific defensive behaviors which are often subsumed under the emotions of fear and anxiety. A major issue in the field of affective science, however, is that these emotions are often conflated and scientists fail to reflect the ecological conditions that gave rise to them. I attempt to clarify these semantic issues by describing the link between ethologically defined defensive strategies and fear. This in turn, provides a clearer differentiation between fears, the contexts that evoke them and how they are organized within defensive survival circuits.
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Additional Information: | © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Available online 20 March 2018. I wish to thank Ralph Adolphs and Joe LeDoux for their advice. This paper was supported by a grant from the NARSAD, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant 2P50MH094258, and Chen Institute Award (P2026052) grants to DM. Conflict of interest statement: Nothing declared. | |||||||||
Group: | Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience | |||||||||
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PubMed Central ID: | PMC6715320 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.02.008 | |||||||||
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Official Citation: | Dean Mobbs, The ethological deconstruction of fear(s), Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Volume 24, 2018, Pages 32-37, ISSN 2352-1546, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.02.008. | |||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
Deposited On: | 27 Mar 2018 18:21 | |||||||||
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