Aversive conditioning is impaired in impulsive individuals: A study on learning asymmetries

CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate that the learning asymmetry can measure individual differences linked to personality traits, and that impulsivity, normally linked with appetitive learning, also influences aversive learning. These results enable additional studies of learning asymmetry in relation to mental disorders, which could include measurements of mental health symptoms to provide further insight into how appetitive and aversive learning interacts with mental disorders.PMID:38185021 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101939

Source: Behavior Therapy - January 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laurens T Kemp Tom Smeets Anita Jansen Katrijn Houben Source Type: research