Pre-scan state anxiety is associated with greater right amygdala-hippocampal response to fearful versus happy faces among trait-anxious Latina girls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unfamiliarity with academic research may contribute to higher levels of anticipatory state anxiety about affective neuroimaging tasks. Children with high trait anxiety display differences in brain response to fearful facial affect compared to non-anxious youth, but little is known about the influence of state anxiety on this association. Because reduced engagement in scientific research and greater mistrust among minoritized groups may lead to systematic differences in pre-scan state anxiety, it is crucial to understand the neural correlates of state anxiety during emotion processing so as to disambiguate sources of individual differences.

Methods

The present study probed the interactive effects of pre-scan state anxiety, trait anxiety, and emotional valence (fear

SUBMITTER: Diaz DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759434 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature