The default response to uncertainty and the importance of perceived safety in anxiety and stress: An evolution-theoretical perspective

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-34

  Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Verkuil, Bart ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic anxiety; Default stress response; Generalized unsafety; Heart rate variability; Perceived safety; Prefrontal inhibition

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; BODY BUILD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTEXT CONDITIONED STRESS RESPONSE; DEFAULT STRESS RESPONSE; EVOLUTION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENERALIZED UNSAFETY THEORY OF STRESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERPRETIVE BIAS; LONELINESS; PANIC; PATIENT WORRY; PERCEIVED SAFETY; PREFRONTAL CORTICAL INHIBITION; SAFETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY; ANXIETY; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84973652289     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.04.012     Document Type: Review

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