Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and
humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by�…

Fear and anxiety play a central role in mammalian life, and there is considerable interest in
clarifying their nature, identifying their biological underpinnings, and determining their�…

This Handbook brings together and integrates comprehensively the core approaches to fear
and anxiety. Its four sections: Animal models; neural systems; pharmacology; and clinical�…

When the basic survival mechanism of fear goes awry, the result is often an anxiety disorder.
The activation and modulation of the fear system in animals and humans has thus been an�…

Fear and anxiety are largely seen as separate entities, a distinction that inspires and shapes
basic and clinical research. Evidence for this distinction has a rich translational base and�…

Tremendous progress has been made in basic neuroscience in recent decades. One area
that has been especially successful is research on how the brain detects and responds to�…

The aim of this paper is to explicate what is special about emotional information processing,
emphasizing the neural foundations that underlie the experience and expression of fear. A�…

We suggest that to understand complex behaviors associated with fear and anxiety, we
need to understand brain processes at the collective, network level. But what should be the�…

Abstract describe the emotional phenomena of fear and anxiety from a clinical
perspective/review... psychophysiological findings, and [provide] an analysis of the stimulus�…

“A rigorous, in-depth guide to the history, philosophy, and scientific exploration of this
widespread emotional state...[LeDoux] offers a magisterial review of the role of mind and�…