We describe the close correspondence between predatory imminence continuum theory (PICT) and the National Institute of Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) for negative valence. RDoC's negative valence constructs relate aversively motivated behavioral reactions to various levels of threat. PICT divides defensive responses into distinct modes that vary along a continuum of the psychological closeness of predatory threat. While there is a close correspondence between PICT modes and negative valence threat constructs, based on PICT, we describe some potential elaborations of RDoC constructs. Both have consonant views of fear and anxiety and provide explicit distinctions between these emotional states, relating them to specific defensive behaviors and functions. We describe recent data that causally implicate human subjective emotional states with amygdala activity, which is also critical for defensive behavior. We conclude that attention to neuroethological views of defense can advance our understanding of the etiology and treatment of anxiety and stress disorders. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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恐惧、防御和情绪：对负价研究领域标准的神经行为学理解。


我们描述了掠夺性迫近连续体理论 (PICT) 与美国国家心理健康研究所的负价研究领域标准 (RDoC) 之间的密切对应关系。 RDoC 的负价结构将厌恶动机的行为反应与不同级别的威胁联系起来。 PICT 将防御反应分为不同的模式，这些模式随着掠夺性威胁的心理接近程度而变化。虽然 PICT 模式和负价威胁结构之间存在密切的对应关系，但基于 PICT，我们描述了 RDoC 结构的一些潜在的阐述。两者对恐惧和焦虑都有一致的看法，并明确区分这些情绪状态，并将它们与特定的防御行为和功能联系起来。我们描述了最近的数据，这些数据将人类主观情绪状态与杏仁核活动联系起来，这对于防御行为也至关重要。我们的结论是，关注防御的神经行为学观点可以增进我们对焦虑和应激障碍的病因和治疗的理解。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。