Proclivities Toward Behavioral Approach Associated With Reduced Maladaptive Avoidance: An fMRI Study

Abstract

Clinical anxiety is characterized by unnecessary avoidance of false-alarms of threat. This abnormality often arises from undue generalized avoidance to safe stimuli resembling a conditioned danger-cue (CS+). The present fMRI work examines the extent to which behavioral approach tendencies may protect against maladaptive generalized avoidance and identifies associated neural processes.