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fear module: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary psychology

a proposed evolved system for fear that is selective to ancestral threats, automatic, encapsulated from conscious cognition and served by dedicated neural circuitry.

In evolutionary psychology, fear module refers to a proposed evolved system for fear that is selective to ancestral threats, automatic, encapsulated from conscious cognition and served by dedicated neural circuitry. This meaning comes from Öhman (2001) in Psychological Review.[1]

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  1. Öhman, A., & Mineka, S. (2001). Fears, phobias, and preparedness: Toward an evolved module of fear and fear learning. Psychological Review, 108(3), 483-522. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.108.3.483

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