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Animals, 2019 When wildlife and motor vehicles collide, the result for the animals is often death (roadkill). A commercial roadkill mitigation device that forms a so-called virtual fence (VF), is said to reduce roadkill by up to 90%.
Bruce Englefield +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Learning anxiety is one of the most critical emotional disturbances, which also has a high incidence rate in adolescents. Peer interaction is critical and unique for adolescents.
Haiyan Kong +3 more
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Digital technology, human world making and the avoidance of learning [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores the role of digital technologies and their application to learning situations in higher education and questions how and why such technologies have become increasingly common pedagogical tools.
Bainbridge, A.
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Enhanced Avoidance Habits in Relation to History of Early-Life Stress
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 The effect of stress on the balance between goal-directed behavior and stimulus–response habits has been demonstrated in a number of studies, but the extent to which stressful events that occur during development affect the balance between these systems ...
Tara K. Patterson +2 more
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Divergent encoding of active avoidance behavior in corticostriatal and corticolimbic projections
Scientific Reports, 2022 Active avoidance behavior, in which an animal performs an action to avoid a stressor, is crucial for survival and may provide insight into avoidance behaviors seen in anxiety disorders. Active avoidance requires the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC),
Bridget L. Kajs +4 more
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Event Timing in Associative Learning [PDF]
, 2012 Associative learning relies on event timing. Fruit flies for example, once trained with an odour that precedes electric shock, subsequently avoid this odour (punishment learning); if, on the other hand the odour follows the shock during training, it is ...
Tanimoto, Hiromu +3 more
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Linking Individual Learning Styles to Approach-Avoidance Motivational Traits and Computational Aspects of Reinforcement Learning. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Learning how to gain rewards (approach learning) and avoid punishments (avoidance learning) is fundamental for everyday life. While individual differences in approach and avoidance learning styles have been related to genetics and aging, the contribution
Kristoffer Carl Aberg +2 more
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Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour. [PDF]
, 2011 Disgust is an evolved psychological system for protecting organisms from infection through disease avoidant behaviour. This 'behavioural immune system', present in a diverse array of species, exhibits universal features that orchestrate hygienic ...
Aunger, Robert +5 more
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The Effect of Reduced Learning Ability on Avoidance in Psychopathy: A Computational Approach
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Individuals with psychopathy often show deficits in learning, which often have negative consequences. Several theories have been proposed to explain psychopathic behaviors, but the learning mechanisms in psychopathy are still unclear.
Takeyuki Oba +2 more
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Fear-Avoidance Behavior and Sickness Absence in Patients with Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Medicina, 2020 (1) Background and objectives: The purpose of this work is to determine the association of fear-avoidance attitudes with sickness absence status, its duration and disability in a work accident context.
Israel Macías-Toronjo +3 more
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