Anxiety-Related Modulation of Early Neural Responses to Task-Irrelevant Emotional Faces.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that high anxiety is associated with biased processing of threat-related stimuli and that anxious individuals may be particularly sensitive to facial expressions of fear or anger. In addition, these effects may result from a specific pattern occurring in the early stages of visual information processing. Methods: Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) were recorded in response to task-irrelevant pictures of faces presented in either an upright or inverted position in two groups differing in trait anxiety, as assessed by scores on the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Behavioural responses and ERP activity were also recorded in response to simple neutral visual stimuli presented during exposure to the facial st

SUBMITTER: Wronka E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12839380 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature