Publications by authors named "Shannon Ruble"
Actively avoiding danger is necessary for survival. Most research on active avoidance has focused on the behavioral and neurobiological processes when individuals learn to avoid alone, within a solitary context. Therefore, little is known about how social context affects active avoidance.
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- Active avoidance is essential for survival, but most studies have focused on how individuals act alone, leaving gaps in understanding the influence of social context on this behavior.
- In experiments with rats, it was found that those trained with a social partner showed more freezing behavior and less active avoidance compared to those trained alone, with notable gender differences in responses under solitary conditions.
- The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) plays a key role in mediating avoidance responses, and manipulating this brain region affected avoidance differently in males and females, highlighting the need for further research on how these mechanisms differ by sex, especially in relation to anxiety disorders.