Cognitive-emotional networks in memory that contain information about feared objects, situations, and associated responses, targeted in exposure therapy for anxiety disorders.
Example: The mental representation of snake phobia including images of snakes, feelings of terror, thoughts about danger, and behavioral urges to escape that therapy aims to modify.
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