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Fear learning during pandemic fear: how COVID-19 perception affects classical fear conditioning

Fear learning during pandemic fear: how COVID-19 perception affects classical fear conditioning - FGG

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00022761
Enrollment
120
Registered
2020-07-30
Start date
2020-08-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

Only healthy subjects are examined.

Interventions

Group 1: Healthy subjects are examined during an online fear conditioning paradigm (acquisition, generalization). Subjective evaluations of fear are recorded. In addition, questionnaires on the percep

Sponsors

Universität des SaarlandesAbteilung für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current mental illness Tinnitus Epilepsy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
- Differences in fear acquisition and generalization depending on the subjective, traumatic perception of the COVID-19 pandemic and the current state of fasting - Paradigm: differential fear conditioning (acquisition, generalization) - Dependent variables: subjective evaluations of the stimulus (contingency awareness, fear, expectation), measured by the experiment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- Questionnaires and subjective evaluations (subjective perception of the COVID-19 pandemic, fasting, STAI-S, stress, activation, anxiety as well as unpleasantness of the images) collected during the course of the experiment.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAlexander Hauck

Universität des Saarlandes, Abteilung für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

alexander.hauck@uni-saarland.de+ 49 681 302 71209

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026