Browsing by Subject "disgust"
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(Vanderbilt University, 2014-04-04)Although the emotion of fear has been central to traditional conceptualizations of the development and treatment of anxiety disorders, recent research suggests that the emotion of disgust may also play an important role ...
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(2016-09-16)Department: PsychologyThe present line of research sought to examine mechanisms by which disgust may confer risk for anxiety within a developmental framework. The first aim was to develop and validate the Child Disgust Scale (CDS), a measure ...
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(2016-06-06)Department: NeuroscienceBody weight is tightly controlled by the homeostatic feeding system, which is primarily reliant upon communication between the endocrine system and the brain. The endocrine system and brain are highly complex systems with ...
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(2014-07-22)Department: PsychologyClassical learning theories of anxiety have been criticized for their failure to capture the full complexity of anxiety disorders. To address this limitation, contemporary learning theories have emerged, which acknowledge ...
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(2019-06-14)Department: ReligionThe “prophetic immanence” of James Baldwin’s racial and gender sexual politics as it relates to his experience with the black Christian church and the civil rights freedom struggle serves as symbol of hope, redemption and ...
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(2011-08-04)Department: PsychologyGrowing evidence has implicated disgust in the etiology and maintenance of some anxiety-related disorders, particularly blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia. However, much remains unknown about the role of disgust in ...