A developmental and neural analysis of learned and unlearned fear

该项目旨在从发展和神经的角度增加我们对恐惧情绪的理解。焦虑症的特点是无法适当地调节恐惧，是工业化国家最常见的心理障碍之一。本项目涉及恐惧的神经生物学分析在发展中的大鼠，并将（i）测试的学习恐惧的主导理论模型，（ii）比较学习和非学习的恐惧的发展，和（iii）提供一种新的方法来研究学习的行为反应是否适合年龄的训练或测试的年龄。

This project aims to increase our understanding of the emotion of fear from both a developmental and a neural perspective. Anxiety disorders, which are characterised by the inability to appropriately regulate fear, are among the most prevelant psychological disturbances in industrialised countries. The present project involves a neurobiological analysis of fear in the developing rat, and will (i) test the dominant theoretical models of learned fear, (ii) compare the development of learned and unlearned fear, and (iii) provide a novel approach for studying whether learned behavioural responses are appropriate to the age of training or the age of testing.