Fig. 1.

Dot-Probe Paradigm. In this example of the task, the animal first touches a fixation cross in order to initiate the trial. Two images are presented for 500 ms, followed by presentation of the cue (red square). Reaction time (RT) to the final cue is measured. The cue is presented congruent (Left) or incongruent (right) to the threat face (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article).