Evaluating the influence of cognitive mechanisms on fear expectancies: A commentary on Hilleke et al. (2021).

Abstract

Considerable literature evaluating risk factors and treatment for anxiety disorders has focused on cognitive processes. These processes include rapid attentional biases to feared stimuli, repetitive thought processes that maintain these fears, and expectancies of a future fear response and associated negative outcomes. The basic Kaitlyn M. Nagel https://orcid.