Journal article
The psychology of potential threat: Properties of the security motivation system
Abstract
Results of three experiments support hypothesized properties of the security motivation system, a special motivational system for handling potential threats, as proposed by Szechtman and Woody (2004). First, mild stimuli suggesting potential harm produced a marked state of activation (evident in both objective and subjective measures), consistent with the hypothesis that the security motivation system is finely tuned for the detection of …
Authors
Hinds AL; Woody EZ; Drandic A; Schmidt LA; Van Ameringen M; Coroneos M; Szechtman H
Journal
Biological Psychology, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 331–337
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.08.003
ISSN
0301-0511