A review of current evidence for the causal impact of attentional bias on fear and anxiety.
Prominent cognitive theories postulate that an attentional bias toward threatening
information contributes to the etiology, maintenance, or exacerbation of fear and anxiety. In …
information contributes to the etiology, maintenance, or exacerbation of fear and anxiety. In …
Reward devaluation: Dot-probe meta-analytic evidence of avoidance of positive information in depressed persons.
Cognitive theories of depression and anxiety have traditionally emphasized the role of
attentional biases in the processing of negative information. The dot-probe task has been …
attentional biases in the processing of negative information. The dot-probe task has been …
Ultradian rhythmicity of plasma cortisol is necessary for normal emotional and cognitive responses in man
K Kalafatakis, GM Russell, CJ Harmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are secreted in an ultradian, pulsatile pattern that emerges from
delays in the feedforward-feedback interaction between the anterior pituitary and adrenal …
delays in the feedforward-feedback interaction between the anterior pituitary and adrenal …
Frontal cortex stimulation reduces vigilance to threat: implications for the treatment of depression and anxiety
Background The difficulty in treating mood disorders has brought about clinical interest in
alternative treatments, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the …
alternative treatments, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the …
Characterizing emotional Stroop interference in posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression and anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
M Joyal, T Wensing, J Levasseur-Moreau, J Leblond… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder is a debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized
by symptoms of intrusive re-experiencing of trauma, avoidance and hyper-arousal …
by symptoms of intrusive re-experiencing of trauma, avoidance and hyper-arousal …
Changes in automatic threat processing precede and predict clinical changes with exposure-based cognitive-behavior therapy for panic disorder
BACKGROUND: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for emotional
disorders such as anxiety or depression, but the mechanisms underlying successful …
disorders such as anxiety or depression, but the mechanisms underlying successful …
Ventral pallidum encodes contextual information and controls aversive behaviors
Successful avoidance of aversive outcomes is crucial for the survival of animals. Although
accumulating evidence indicates that an indirect pathway in the basal ganglia is involved in …
accumulating evidence indicates that an indirect pathway in the basal ganglia is involved in …
The role of serotonin in the neurocircuitry of negative affective bias: serotonergic modulation of the dorsal medial prefrontal-amygdala 'aversive amplification'circuit
OJ Robinson, C Overstreet, PS Allen, A Letkiewicz… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Serotonergic medications can mitigate the negative affective biases in disorders such as
depression or anxiety, but the neural mechanism by which this occurs is largely unknown. In …
depression or anxiety, but the neural mechanism by which this occurs is largely unknown. In …
Neural correlates of the emotional Stroop task in panic disorder patients: an event-related fMRI study
Although being a standard tool to assess interference effects of disorder-specific words in
clinical samples, the neural underpinnings of the emotional Stroop task are still not well …
clinical samples, the neural underpinnings of the emotional Stroop task are still not well …
Effective emotion regulation strategies improve fMRI and ECG markers of psychopathology in panic disorder: implications for psychological treatment action
Impairments in emotion regulation are thought to have a key role in the pathogenesis of
anxiety disorders, but the neurobiological underpinnings contributing to vulnerability remain …
anxiety disorders, but the neurobiological underpinnings contributing to vulnerability remain …