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SUBMITTER: Wheaton MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4361061 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biological psychology 20140627
Generalized social anxiety disorder (gSAD) is associated with impoverished anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) engagement during attentional control. Attentional Control Theory proposes such deficiencies may be offset when demands on resources are increased to execute goals. To test the hypothesis attentional demands affect ACC response 23 patients with gSAD and 24 matched controls performed an fMRI task involving a target letter in a string of identical targets (low load) or a target letter in a mi ...[more]