Self-evaluation of social-rank in socially anxious individuals associates with enhanced striatal reward function.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Negative self-views, especially in the domain of power (i.e. social-rank), characterize social anxiety (SA). Neuroimaging studies on self-evaluations in SA have mainly focused on subcortical threat processing systems. Yet, self-evaluation may concurrently invoke diverse affective processing, as motivational systems related to desired self-views may also be activated. To investigate the conflictual nature that may accompany self-evaluation of certain social domains in SA, we examined brain activity related to both threat and reward processing.

Methods

Participants (N = 74) differing in self-reported SA-severity underwent fMRI while completing a self-evaluation task, wherein they judged the self-descriptiveness of high- v. low-intensity traits in the d

SUBMITTER: Shany O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10388315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature