Interaction of attentional and learning processes during acquisition,generalization and loss of fear (C10*)

注意偏向是焦虑症的关键因素，但它们在焦虑症的病因和维持中的确切功能作用仍未阐明。通过使用多模式方法，目前的项目将表征在获得恐惧的过程中，注意过程对杏仁核回路功能可塑性的贡献。它将调查注意探索的差异如何塑造恐惧泛化，以及如何利用眼球运动控制中的刺激驱动效应来改变焦虑症的注意偏差。

Attentional biases are essential to anxiety disorders but their precise functional role in disorder etiology and maintenance remains be elucidated. By using a multimodal approach, the current project will characterize the contribution of attentional processes to functional plasticity in amygdala circuits during the acquisition of fear. It will investigate how differences in attentional exploration shape fear generalization and how stimulus-driven effects in oculomotor control can be exploited to modify attentional biases in anxiety disorders.