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New Theories / What is safety conditioning?
« on: 11/04/2021 23:33:24 »
Hi all,
Compulsory mask wearing is a subliminal method to stimulate stress-mediated dopamine transmission in the striatum thereby enhancing post-synaptic D2 receptors connectivity from the central amygdala and nucleus accumbens. This extracellular dopamine activity in the striatum may prime neuronal (chemo)signaling associated to active avoidance conditioning, a Pavlovian type of instrumental learning.
Consequently, is dopamine-mediated avoidance conditioning a reversible fear-extinction learning paradigm?
What do you think?
smart
Compulsory mask wearing is a subliminal method to stimulate stress-mediated dopamine transmission in the striatum thereby enhancing post-synaptic D2 receptors connectivity from the central amygdala and nucleus accumbens. This extracellular dopamine activity in the striatum may prime neuronal (chemo)signaling associated to active avoidance conditioning, a Pavlovian type of instrumental learning.
Consequently, is dopamine-mediated avoidance conditioning a reversible fear-extinction learning paradigm?
What do you think?
smart