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Effect of vicarious fear learning on children's heart rate responses and attentional bias for novel animals
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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:00 authored by Gemma Reynolds, Andy FieldAndy Field, Chris AskewResearch with children has shown that vicarious learning can result in changes to 2 of Lang's (1968) 3 anxiety response systems: subjective report and behavioral avoidance. The current study extended this research by exploring the effect of vicarious learning on physiological responses (Lang's final response system) and attentional bias. The study used Askew and Field's (2007) vicarious learning procedure and demonstrated fear-related increases in children's cognitive, behavioral, and physiological responses. Cognitive and behavioral changes were retested 1 week and 1 month later, and remained elevated. In addition, a visual search task demonstrated that fear-related vicarious learning creates an attentional bias for novel animals, which is moderated by increases in fear beliefs during learning. The findings demonstrate that vicarious learning leads to lasting changes in all 3 of Lang's anxiety response systems and is sufficient to create attentional bias to threat in children.
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EmotionISSN
1528-3542Publisher
America Psychological AssociationExternal DOI
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5Volume
14Page range
995-1006Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2015-08-03First Open Access (FOA) Date
2015-08-03First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2015-08-03Usage metrics
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