Enhanced Neural Reactivity to Threatening Faces in Anxious Youth: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1493-1501

  Kujawa, Autumn ^a,b   MacNamara, Annmarie ^a   Fitzgerald, Kate D ^c   Monk, Christopher S ^d   Phan, K Luan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Emotional faces; Event related potentials; Late positive potential; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944275376     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0029-4     Document Type: Article

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