It has been assumed that the latent structure of fear of pain is multidimensional and continuous.
Results from analyses of simulated Monte Carlo data, MAXEIG-HITMAX, and MAMBAC and L-mode external consistency tests indicated that the latent structure of fear of pain was nontaxonic, characterized by latent continuity.
Using taxometric methods in a sample of 650 patients seeking treatment for musculoskeletal or headache pain, we evaluated the latent structure of fear of pain as indexed by the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale.
From a more general perspective, these results suggest that dysfunctional prefrontal responses could play a role in PD, as anticipated [74], and relate to activation of structures of the fear network.
Manchester United's board of directors said it had rejected a potential takeover plan by Glazer, as currently structured, out of fear that it would leave the team leveraged with onerous debt.
A supervisor told the new grand jury that the county "is unable to inspect the roof of the main structure for fear of its collapse".
Survivors were told to keep out of the lower levels of the structure, for fear it would be flooded.
Amygdala, a key brain structure in control of fear conditioning and extinction, can be divided largely into four parts: lateral nucleus (LA) and basal nucleus (BA) (together basolateral amygdala complex BLA), intercalated cell mass (ITC), and central (CE) nucleus (Krettek and Price, 1978; Sah et al., 2003).
These systems have important reciprocal interconnections with the amygdala and hippocampus, limbic structures involved in fear conditioning and memory consolidation, and with pre-frontal brain structures necessary for extinction of fear memories and reward motivation.
And if the strange and beautiful structures evoke a sense of fear -- well, that's the point.
