Sentences with phrase «readily fear conditioned»

Although not explicitly tested here, one possibility suggested by the present study is that, in much the same way that stimuli that historically have threatened survival (e.g., snakes, spiders) are considered to be prepared fear stimuli [stimuli that are more readily fear conditioned and more difficult to extinguish (39, 40)-RSB- attachment figures may be prepared safety stimuli, that is, stimuli that historically have benefited survival and thus may inhibit conditioned fear responding.