Sentences with phrase «approach avoidance behaviour»

«Some patients have lesions to certain areas of this part of the brain, so hopefully we can assess them to see what particular aspects of approach avoidance behaviour may or may not be impacted,» he adds.

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This approach helps understand the type, intensity, frequency and duration of anxious behaviours as well as predisposing (e.g. family history), precipitating (e.g. school stressors), perpetuating (e.g. avoidance) and protective (e.g. optimistic / hard working child) factors.

From rodent models, the approach / avoidance theory of maternal behaviour suggests that neuroendocrine changes associated with parturition trigger a reduction in the aversive response of mothers towards pups while simultaneously provoking approach behaviours.

Contradictory approach - avoidance behaviours toward the caregiver when under stress are also indicators of a disorganized strategy, as shown in Table 1.

When a mother shows frightening behaviour, for example, girls tend to approach her, whereas boys are more likely to show avoidance and conflict behaviour [70, 71].