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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hornstein EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5413011 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20170502 5
Social support is associated with positive health outcomes, and research has demonstrated that the presence, or even just a reminder, of a social-support figure can reduce psychological and physiological responses to threats. However, the mechanisms underlying this effect are unclear, and no previous work has examined the impact of social support on basic fear learning processes, which have implications for threat responding. This study examined whether social support inhibits the formation of f ...[more]