Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2018-160.11 |
Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| Evidence of altered fear extinction learning in individuals with high vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic
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Publication year: | 2023
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URL:
| https://www.clinicalneuropsychiatry.org/download/evidence-of-altered-fear-extinction-learning-in-individuals-with-high-vaccine-hesitancy-during-covid-19-pandemic/
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Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Objective: A relevance of fear and concerns about vaccine development and its side effects are suggested to explain COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. However, evidence supporting the phobic origin hypothesis of hesitancy for COVID-19 and other vaccinations remains indirect and elusive.
Method: We addressed this issue by investigating the existence of a relationship between fear conditioning, extinction, and the respective vaccination hesitancy and anxiety scores in a group of 25 individuals.
Results: Overall, we show that the general mechanism of fear extinction learning is impaired in individuals with high vaccine hesitancy. State and trait anxiety scores do not account for this result.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that attitudes against vaccination could be linked to an altered inhibitory learning process
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Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Vicario C. M.
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Secondary author(s):
| Makris, S., Culicetto, L., Lucifora, C., Falzone, A., Martino, G., Ferraioli, F., Nitsche, M. A., Avenanti, A., Craparo, G. C.
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Document type:
| Article
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Vicario C. M., Makris, S., Culicetto, L., Lucifora, C., Falzone, A., Martino, G., Ferraioli, F., Nitsche, M. A., Avenanti, A., & Craparo, G. C. (2023). Evidence of altered fear extinction learning in individuals with high vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 20(4), 364-369. https://doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20230417
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2-year Impact Factor: | 2|2023
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Times cited: | N/A
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Indexed document: | Yes
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Quartile: | N/A
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Keywords: | Vaccine hesitancy / Pavlovian fear conditioning / Fear extinction learning / Anxiety / Inhibitory learning process
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Evidence of altered fear extinction learning in individuals with high vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic |