Frontal Brain Asymmetry as a Biological Substrate of Emotions in Patients With Panic Disorders | Zendy

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Frontal Brain Asymmetry as a Biological Substrate of Emotions in Patients With Panic Disorders

Author(s) -

Georg Wiedemann,

Paul Pauli,

Wilhelm Dengler,

W. Lutzenberger,

Niels Birbaumer,

Gerhard Buchkremer

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

archives of general psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3636

pISSN - 0003-990X

DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.1.78

Subject(s) - panic disorder , psychology , panic , anxiety , lateralization of brain function , electroencephalography , frontal lobe , anxiety disorder , audiology , neuroscience , psychiatry , medicine

Right frontal hemisphere activation, as indicated by reduced frontal alpha amplitude, seems to represent activation of an avoidance-withdrawal system and seems to be associated with negative emotions. Since patients with panic disorder are characterized by both negative emotions and avoidance-withdrawal behavior, we expected them to show greater right than left frontal hemisphere activation.

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