Intrinsic connectivity networks during fear and safety learning in youth

The authors investigate how intrinsic connectivity networks, particularly the default mode network, function during fear learning in young adults with and without mild mixed affective complaints. They aim to identify neural targets for potential treatments by comparing connectivity changes across different groups during a fear-conditioning paradigm. The findings reveal that individuals with subclinical mixed psychopathology show impaired differentiation between fear and safety stimuli, highlighting the role of the default mode network in affective disorders.