Early somatosensory event-related potentials reveal attentional bias for internal stimuli in social anxiety

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• 作者：Yoshihiro Kanai ; ^{kanai51@izcc.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp} ; Hiroshi Nittono ; Kenta Kubo¹ ; Shoko Sasaki-Aoki ; Makoto Iwanaga
• 关键词：Attentional bias ; Event-related potentials ; Bodily sensations ; Social anxiety ; Social phobia
• 刊名：Biological Psychology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：March, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：89
• 期：3
• 页码：591-597
• 全文大小：587 K

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The present study used event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to investigate allocation of attentional resources to internal and external stimuli in individuals with social anxiety. High and low socially anxious individuals were presented with depictions of various facial expressions or household objects, followed by an internal (vibration presented to the finger) or external probe (the letter ¡°E?. Participants were told that the vibration signals physiological changes and were asked to detect both probes. High socially anxious individuals showed larger front-central N140 amplitudes in response to vibratory internal probes as compared to non-anxious controls. ERPs elicited by picture stimuli and external probes and reaction times in response to both probe types did not differ between high and low social anxiety individuals. Early somatosensory ERPs reveal an attentional bias for internal stimuli that does not appear in overt behavior.