Due to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced
perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but …

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders that include generalized anxiety disorder
(GAD), panic disorder, phobic disorders (eg, specific phobias, agoraphobia, social phobia) …

This chapter explores the psychophysiological study of emotion primarily from a biphasic
motivational view. This view posits that human emotions are organized by neural systems of …

Sex differences in emotional responding have been repeatedly postulated but less
consistently shown in empirical studies. Because emotional reactions are modulated by …

Objective: The anticipation of adverse outcomes, or worry, is a cardinal symptom of
generalized anxiety disorder. Prior work with healthy subjects has shown that anticipating …

The capacity to anticipate aversive circumstances is central not only to successful adaptation
but also to understanding the abnormalities that contribute to excessive worry and anxiety …

Uncertainty about potential future threats and the associated anxious anticipation represents
a key feature of anxiety. However, the neural systems that underlie the subjective …

The present study examined EEG gamma (35–70Hz) spectral power distributions during
worry inductions in participants suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and in …

Effects of sustained exposure to emotional stimuli on affective reactions and their recovery
were examined to determine whether increasing exposure to a specific emotional content …

Prior research has shown memory is enhanced for emotional events. Key brain areas
involved in emotional memory are the amygdala and hippocampus, which are also recruited …