Stress and anxiety have intertwined behavioral and neural underpinnings. These
commonalities are critical for understanding each state, as well as their mutual interactions …

Fear and anxiety play a central role in mammalian life, and there is considerable interest in
clarifying their nature, identifying their biological underpinnings, and determining their …

Climate change is a serious threat to human health and the awareness of this threat can
elicit ecological anxiety (eco-anxiety), which could be considered a rational and potentially …

Stress resilience is the phenomenon that some people maintain their mental health despite
exposure to adversity or show only temporary impairments followed by quick recovery …

The potentiation of neural activity in lateral prefrontal regions via transcranial direct current
stimulation (tDCS) can reduce patterns of biased attention for threat and may facilitate …

One of the most important function of selective attention is the efficient and accurate
detection and identification of cues associated with threat. However, in pathological anxiety …

This study aimed to investigate the time course of attentional bias for negative information in
healthy individuals and to assess the associated influence of trait anxiety. Thirty-eight …

Responses of the insular cortex (IC) and amygdala to stimuli of positive and negative
valence are altered in patients with anxiety disorders. However, neural coding of both …

Individuals with anxiety disorders maladaptively appraise interpersonal threat cues leading
to inaccurate interpretations of the self and others. However, little is known about the factors …

In the past two decades, a variety of cognitive training interventions have been developed to
help people overcome their addictive behaviors. Conceptually, it is important to distinguish …