ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
The Potential Benefit of Learning Safety before Stress: Safety Learning May Decrease Physiological Responses in the Trier Social Stress Test.
- Boyang Fan
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York - Natalia Lara-González
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York - Hyein Cho
Hunter College, CUNY - Milana Khaitova
Hunter College, CUNY - Moises Hernandez
Teachers College, Columbia University - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Hunter College, CUNY
Abstract
This study investigated the impact of a safety learning protocol on anxious participants’ physiological stress responses in the trier social stress test. Preliminary results indicated a marginal difference of physiological stress responses between the fear learning group and safety learning group.
Mood Disorders