Neural correlates of an attentional bias to health-threatening stimuli in individuals with pathological health anxiety | Zendy

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Neural correlates of an attentional bias to health-threatening stimuli in individuals with pathological health anxiety

Author(s) -

Daniela Mier,

Josef Bailer,

Julia Ofer,

Tobias Kerstner,

Vera Zamoscik,

Fred Rist,

Michael Witthöft,

Carsten Diener

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of psychiatry and neuroscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1488-2434

pISSN - 1180-4882

DOI - 10.1503/jpn.160081

Subject(s) - anterior cingulate cortex , anxiety , stroop effect , amygdala , pathological , arousal , attentional bias , psychology , neural correlates of consciousness , audiology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , medicine , cognition , psychiatry

An attentional bias to health-threat stimuli is assumed to represent the primary pathogenetic factor for the development and maintenance of pathological health anxiety (PHA; formerly termed "hypochondriasis"). However, little is known about the neural basis of this attentional bias in individuals with PHA.

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