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Fear (Mental Process)

Known as: Scared, scaring, Fears 
The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.
National Institutes of Health

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Emotionsanxiety and fear

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A Prediction Model of Aerobic Exercise in Older Adults Living in a Continuing-Care Retirement Community
Objectives: The purpose of this studywas to test a model of exercise behavior in older adults. It was hypothesized that gender… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The role of disgust and fear in blood and injection--related fainting symptoms: a structural equation model.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Back to a frightening future
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Developmental differences in empathy with a television protagonist's fear.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Referrals to neurologists for headaches not due to structural disease.
Patients attending neurological clinics with headaches that proved not to be due to clearly defined structural disease were… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Stress response syndromes. Recurrent themes.
There is a consensus among clinicians treating patients who have experienced a trauma that a number of common themes emerge… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Specific and Non-specific Factors in Behaviour Therapy
Previous investigations have suggested that desensitization is the treatment of choice for simple phobic disorders, but is less… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
Psychological Hazards of Convalescence Following Myocardial Infarction
Three decades ago physicians commonly imposed a six-month convalescence upon patients recovering from myocardial infarction (MI… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Obsessional symptoms and obsessional personality traits in patients with depressive illnesses
SUMMARY An inventory of obsessional symptoms and traits was administered to patients with depressive illnesses while they were… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Preliminary report of the extinction of learned fears via short-term implosive therapy.
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