Neural sensitivity to social reward and punishment anticipation in Social Anxiety Disorder.

Neural sensitivity to social reward and punishment anticipation in Social Anxiety Disorder.

An imbalance in the neural motivational system may underlie Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). This study examines social reward and punishment anticipation in SAD, predicting a valence-specific effect: increased striatal activity for punishment avoidance compared to obtaining a reward. Individuals with...

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Main Authors: Henk eCremers, Ilya eVeer, Philip eSpinhoven, Serge A R Rombouts, Karin eRoelofs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Punishment
fMRI
Reward
Social Anxiety Disorder
social incentives
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00439/full

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