Ranran Wang

Breath-Counting Task Enhances the Sensitivity of Fear Acquisition.

Behavioral Sciences 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...