Anxiety disorders constitute a sizeable worldwide health burden with profound social and
economic consequences. The symptoms are wide-ranging; from hyperarousal to difficulties …

Human face perception is modulated by both emotional valence and social relevance, but
their interaction has rarely been examined. Event-related brain potentials (ERP) to happy …

Electrophysiological studies in rodents allow recording neural activity during threats with
high temporal and spatial precision. Although fMRI has helped translate insights about the …

Recent event-related brain potential studies revealed the selective processing of emotional
and threatening pictures. Integrating the picture viewing and threat-of-shock paradigm, the …

The temporal dynamics of top‐down voluntary and bottom‐up driven emotional attention are
a matter of debate. Both emotion and task‐relevance have been shown to affect the early …

Numerous studies have shown that pain-related fear is one of the strongest predictors of
pain disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, and there is evidence that the …

Environmental conditions bias our perception of other peoples' facial emotions. This
becomes quite relevant in potentially threatening situations, when a fellow's facial …

ABSTRACT Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are often associated with
stress and anxiety-related disorders in adulthood, and learning and memory deficits have …

Potential threat can prime defensive responding and avoidance behavior, which may result
in the loss of rewards. When aversive consequences do not occur, avoidance should, thus …

Individuals with anxiety disorders typically avoid fear-relevant stimuli even if they miss
potential rewards. However, few studies have accounted for such costs of fear-related …