The role of fear learning in the development of psychosis: an EEG study utilizing a differential fear conditioning paradigm in people with psychotic vulnerability
Metin Özyagcilar, Nilay Esin Ahrens-Demirdal, Anja Riesel, Tina B Lonsdorf, Tania M Lincoln · 2026
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Metin Özyagcilar and four co-authors study fear learning in people at risk of psychosis, in an EEG study published in 2026. Participants learned to tell threat cues from safety cues in a differential fear conditioning task. The at-risk group held 88 people, and healthy controls numbered 44, with acquisition, generalization and extinction phases for all.
At-risk participants showed weaker fear learning in their valence ratings, with less split between danger and safety cues. Their fear also faded more slowly during extinction, in valence and arousal ratings. Brain and startle measures did not differ between groups. The authors suggest early help could target how such emotional judgments are recalibrated.
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| CREATOR | Metin Özyagcilar, Nilay Esin Ahrens-Demirdal, Anja Riesel, Tina B Lonsdorf, Tania M Lincoln |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |