Psychophysiological evidence for cortisol-induced reduction in early bias for implicit social threat in social phobia

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-32

  van Peer, Jacobien M ^a   Spinhoven, Philip ^a   Roelofs, Karin ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angry face; Cortisol; Emotional Stroop; Event related potentials; Social anxiety disorder; Threat bias

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849105623     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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