Breath-Counting Task Enhances the Sensitivity of Fear Acquisition.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) February 24, 2025 Xu Li, Yong Yang, Ranran Wang et al.
Fear acquisition is an essential survival mechanism for humans; however, the role and mechanisms of mindfulness training in this process remain unclear. This study employed a discriminative fear conditioning paradigm to investigate the effects and mechanisms of short-term mindfulness training, exemplified by the breath-counting task, on fear acquisition. The experiment consisted of three...