Self-referential and anxiety-relevant information processing in subclinical social anxiety: An fMRI study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-48

  Abraham, Anna ^a   Kaufmann, Carolin ^a,b   Redlich, Ronny ^a,b   Hermann, Andrea ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Stevens, Stephan ^a   Hermann, Christiane ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion processing; Fear of negative evaluation; Neuroimaging; Self referential processing; Social anxiety; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874517649     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9188-x     Document Type: Article

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