Figure 1.

Schematic diagram illustrating the timeline and design of the study session. Participants provided written consent before completing two tasks, one probabilistic reward task (PRT) and one reaction time (RT) task, a clinical interview to determine eligibility (SCID), the MAST, and then the PRT and RT tasks again. To prolong the effect of the acute stressor, immediately upon MAST completion, participants were told by a nonemphatic male study staff member they had not yet met that their performance in the math portion was not good enough and that they would need to repeat the task after the administration of the remaining tasks and questionnaires. Later in the session, participants were informed that repeating the task was not necessary because their performance was “good enough” (i.e., relief). Throughout the session, participants provided six saliva samples, eight VAMS ratings, and three self-reported measures of anxiety and affect.