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  2. Exposure therapy - Wikipedia

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    Exposure therapy is based on the principle of respondent conditioning often termed Pavlovian extinction. [10] The exposure therapist identifies the cognitions, emotions and physiological arousal that accompany a fear-inducing stimulus and then tries to break the pattern of escape that maintains the fear.

  3. Mysophobia - Wikipedia

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    Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. [1] It is classified as a type of specific phobia, meaning it is evaluated and diagnosed based on the experience of high levels of fear and anxiety beyond what is reasonable when exposed to or in anticipation of exposure to stimuli related to ...

  4. Flow (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Flow in positive psychology, also known colloquially as being in the zone or locked in, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

  5. Contagion heuristic - Wikipedia

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    The contagion heuristic is a psychological heuristic which follows the law of contagion and the law of similarity, leading people to avoid contact with people or objects viewed as "contaminated" by previous contact with someone or something viewed as bad—or, less often, to seek contact with objects that have been in contact with people or things considered good.

  6. Flooding (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Flooding, sometimes referred to as in vivo exposure therapy, is a form of behavior therapy and desensitization – or exposure therapy – based on the principles of respondent conditioning.

  7. What is ‘brain rot’? The science behind what too much ...

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    Experts Explain The Psychology Behind The Feeling Behavioral neuroscientist Dr. Kyra Bobinet, author of "Unstoppable Brain," told Fox News Digital that there is a growing awareness of brain rot ...

  8. 88-year-old NYC husband fatally stabs wife in front of her ...

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    An elderly woman was viciously stabbed to death by her 88-year-old husband in front of her horrified family inside their Staten Island home Thursday night, according to police sources.

  9. In situ chemical reduction - Wikipedia

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    The in situ in ISCR is just Latin for "in place", signifying that ISCR is a chemical reduction reaction that occurs at the site of the contamination. Like ISCO, it is able to decontaminate many compounds, and, in theory, ISCR could be more effective in ground water remediation than ISCO.