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Fear expression and return of fear following threat instruction with or without direct contingency experience [PDF]
, 2015 Prior research showed that mere instructions about the contingency between a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an unconditioned stimulus (US) can generate fear reactions to the CS.
De Houwer, Jan +5 more
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Current Biology, 2013 Each of us has felt afraid, and we can all recognize fear in many animal species. Yet there is no consensus in the scientific study of fear. Some argue that 'fear' is a psychological construct rather than something discoverable through scientific investigation.
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Think, 2009 AbstractTaking a somewhat indirect route that includes some autobiographical reflection, I address three questions. One is what it might mean to say, with Socrates, that philosophy is “studying for death”. The second is why Christians should fear death at all, if the good of Heaven is really what they believe is beyond it.
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Different measures of fear of crime and survey measurement error [PDF]
, 2010 The measurement of fear of crime is acknowledged as a hot methodological issue. Many studies have focused on the cognitive and behavioural components of fear.
Hardyns, Wim, Pauwels, Lieven
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Fear of a Multilingual America? Language and National Identity in the United States [PDF]
, 2017 In the contemporary debate on language and national identity in the US, those who are in favor of a constitutional amendment declaring English the offi cial language of the country believe that speaking the same tongue is crucial for the political and ...
Scacchi, Anna
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Fear and perceived likelihood of victimization in the traditional and cyber settings [PDF]
, 2014 This study considers the influence of perceived likelihood, demographics (gender and education) and personality on fear of victimization and cyber-victimization using a survey design (N=159).
Jeske, Debora, Maddison, Jessica
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 1999 People with brain injuries involving the amygdala are often poor at recognizing facial expressions of fear, but the extent to which this impairment compromises other signals of the emotion of fear has not been clearly established. We investigated N.M., a person with bilateral amygdala damage and a left thalamic lesion, who was impaired at recognizing ...
Sprengelmeyer, R +6 more
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Current Biology, 1999 If we are to believe the Daily Mail, US scientists have cloned the first human embryo — and destroyed it.This revelation came in the form of a Daily Mail ‘exclusive’, which appeared on 17 June. The headline announced the “first cloned human embryo,” and was accompanied by a front-page picture of a “12-day-old male human embryo consisting of 400 cells ...
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Unlearning Fear Out-Group Others [PDF]
, 2009 Maroney describes a neuroscientific fear-extinction study as preliminary evidence supporting the notion that out-group hostilities might be influenced by biological predispositions.
Maroney, Terry A.
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Fear: A Misunderstood Component of Organizational Transformation [PDF]
, 1994 Corporate transformations are being implemented by many organizations, however, successes are remarkably rare. This paper suggests that a contributing factor might be the ineffective use of fear in employee communications.
Welbourne, Theresa M.
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