Several streams of information from multiple brain areas converge on the lateral amygdala, allowing for the creation of associations that regulate fear-conditioning; Cells in the superior dorsal lateral amygdala are able to rapidly pair the neutral stimulus with the aversive stimulus.
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It also refers to the learning process that results from this pairing, through which the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response ( e . g . salivation ) that is usually similar to the one elicited by the potent stimulus.
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For example, if seeing a dog ( a neutral stimulus ) is paired with the pain of being bitten by the dog ( unconditioned stimulus ), seeing a dog may become a conditioned stimulus that elicits fear ( conditioned response ).
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For a man whose obsessions centered on the fear that he might become violent and harm someone, for example, the neutral stimulus was a photograph of his pet dog and the stimulus used to trigger his symptoms was a photo of a serial killer.
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It may also be called " conditioned suppression " or " conditioned fear response ( CFR ) . " It is an " emotional response " that results from classical conditioning, usually from the association of a relatively neutral stimulus with a painful or fear-inducing unconditional stimulus.
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Albert initially showed no fear of a white rat ( neutral stimulus ), but after the sight of the rat had been accompanied five times by the loud noise, he cried and tried to escape the rat, showing that the rat had become a conditioned stimulus for fear.
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In addition, FPS response in research concerning fear conditioning ( and extinction of a conditioned aversion to a previously neutral stimulus ) is also commonly examined; such studies will present noise or light startle probes with unpleasant stimuli to condition the FPS to occur in the presence of that stimuli.
