Sentences with phrase «fearful stimuli»

Thus, excessive generalization of the original fearful stimulus is a major symptom of PTSD.

We now report that individuals with one or two copies of the short allele of the serotonin transporter (5 - HTT) promoter polymorphism, which has been associated with reduced 5 - HTT expression and function and increased fear and anxiety - related behaviors, exhibit greater amygdala neuronal activity, as assessed by BOLD functional magnetic resonance imaging, in response to fearful stimuli compared with individuals homozygous for the long allele.

To explore smell discrimination in more detail, D'Aniello et al. tested pet dogs by exposing them to underarm secretions from humans who had experienced happy or fearful stimuli.

A frightened dog may freeze, or he may try and escape the fearful stimulus.

This means gradually exposing your dog to the fearful stimuli and rewarding or praising him when he exhibits the desired behavior.

Treatment of noise phobias includes avoiding or minimizing the sound if possible, using some desensitizing tactics to teach your dog to remain relaxed in the presence of the fearful stimuli.

Phobias can develop from a single experience (one event learning) or from continued exposure to the fearful stimulus.

Fearful or Defensive Aggression: The best way to deal with defensive aggression is to remove the fearful stimuli.

If the fearful stimuli can not be removed, you can work to slowly change your cat's feelings about it using counter conditioning.

Also, it can be quite difficult to get a dog's attention once it is reacting to a fearful stimulus (owners report this as the dog not listening to them).

When a dog reacts to a fearful stimulus it also causes a release of cortisol in the brain and in the rest of the body.