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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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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Global action to reduce HIV stigma and discrimination
There is no question that the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS can be reduced through intervention. The… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Neural systems involved in fear and anxiety measured with fear-potentiated startle.
A good deal is now known about the neural circuitry involved in how conditioned fear can augment a simple reflex (fear… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Antidepressant Drug Treatment Modifies the Neural Processing of Nonconscious Threat Cues
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Treatment of Fear of Movement/(Re)injury in Chronic Low Back Pain: Further Evidence on the Effectiveness of Exposure In Vivo
Background and objectiveSeveral cognitive–behavioral factors contribute to the persistence of pain disability in patients with… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Characteristics Associated with Fear of Falling and Activity Restriction in Community‐Living Older Persons
To identify the characteristics associated with restricting activity because of fear of falling (activity restriction) and to… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Screening and intervention for intimate partner abuse: practices and attitudes of primary care physicians.
CONTEXT Although practice guidelines encouraging the screening of patients for intimate partner abuse have been available for… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Studying temperament via construction of the Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire.
The Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire (TBAQ) was constructed by an iterative process of item generation intended to… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Effectiveness of computer-generated (virtual reality) graded exposure in the treatment of acrophobia.
OBJECTIVE The authors' goal was to examine the efficacy of computer-generated (virtual reality) graded exposure in the treatment… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Involvement of the central nucleus and basolateral complex of the amygdala in fear conditioning measured with fear-potentiated startle in rats trained concurrently with auditory and visual…
The goal of this work was to test the involvement of the central nucleus and basolateral complex of the amygdala in fear… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Minority Cultures and the Cosmopolitan Alternative
If it were appropriate to make dedications, this Article would be for Salman Rushdie, who a few months ago celebrated his one… 
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