Affective state and locus of control modulate the neural response to threat.

ABSTRACT: The ability to regulate the emotional response to threat is critical to healthy emotional function. However, the response to threat varies considerably from person-to-person. This variability may be partially explained by differences in emotional processes, such as locus of control and affective state, which vary across individuals. Although the basic neural circuitry that mediates the response to threat has been described, the impact individual differences in affective state and locus of control have on that response is not well characterized. Understanding how these factors influence the neural response to threat would provide new insight into processes that mediate emotional function. Therefore, the present study used a Pavlovian conditioning procedure to investigate the influence indiv

SUBMITTER: Harnett NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4604035 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature