“…Moreover, anxiety is accompanied by increased arousal, expectancy, autonomic and neuroendocrine activation as well as, of course, behavioral patterns. These adaptations allow us to cope with an adverse or unpredicted situation (e.g., Kaynak et al, 2022;Steimer, 2022). Following this line of thoughts, it is comprehensible why researchers (e.g., Öhman & Mineka, 2001;Corr & Cooper, 2016;Sylvers et al, 2011) doubt that it is possible to distinguish between fear and anxiety on the basis of affective self-report measures.…”