Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive and persistent aversive responses to neutral, safe, or ambiguous stimuli (Craske et al., 2009; Grupe & Nitschke, 2013). Similarly, deficient learning and retention of fear extinction has been proposed as a primary maintaining factor in anxiety and posttraumatic stress (PTSD) disorders (Graham, Callaghan, &
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