EVALUATING AN INTERNET-DELIVERED FEAR CONDITIONING AND EXTINCTION PROTOCOL USING RESPONSE TIMES AND AFFECTIVE RATINGS

Evaluating an internet-delivered fear conditioning and extinction protocol using response times and affective ratings

Abstract Pavlovian fear conditioning is widely used to study mechanisms of fear learning, but high-throughput studies are hampered by the labor-intensive nature of examining participants in the lab.To circumvent this bottle-neck, fear conditioning tasks have been developed for remote delivery.Previous studies socialstudiesscholar.com have examined

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Detection of Leishmania spp in silvatic mammals and isolation of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from Rattus rattus in an endemic area for leishmaniasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Knowledge of potential reservoirs of Leishmania spp.in an anthropic environment is important so that surveillance and control measures can be implemented.The aim of this study was to investigate the infection by Leishmania in small mammals in an area located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, that undergoes changes in its natural environment and presents aut

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Relationship between seed moisture content and acquisition of impermeability in Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae)

ABSTRACT Seeds of Nelumbo nucifera do not imbibe water, and thus have physical dormancy (PY).However, a proportion of seeds are permeable to water, and so we hypothesized that variation in moisture content is a reason for the development of both permeable and impermeable seeds.The permeable proportion of seeds present in a lot collected from Suzhou

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