Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by a fear of negative evaluation, negative self-
belief and extreme avoidance of social situations. These recurrent symptoms are thought to …

What are the major vulnerabilities in people with social anxiety? What are the most
promising directions for translational research pertaining to this condition? The present …

ChatGPT is a conversational agent built on a large language model. Trained on a significant
portion of human output, ChatGPT can mimic people to a degree. As such, we need to …

Belongingness is a central biopsychosocial system. Challenges to belongingness (ie
exclusion/ostracism) engender robust negative effects on affect and cognitions. Whether …

Social anxiety (SA) was associated with biases in the updating of self-related information.
Whether and under which conditions such biases emerge with respect to other-related …

In an ever-changing social world, learning and updating beliefs about others are essential
for smooth interpersonal functioning. Social anxiety is a common and burdensome condition …

Objectives People regulate their interpersonal space appropriately to obtain a comfortable
distance for interacting with others. Socially anxious individuals are especially prone to …

Previous research examining the relationship between social anxiety (SA) and approach
and avoidance motivations has been rather limited, and the results–contradictory. We …

Facial expressions provide nonverbal cues that are important for delivering and interpreting
human emotions. Previous studies have shown that the ability to interpret facial emotions …

Women report greater post-traumatic distress (PTD) than men following physically
threatening events. However, gender differences in PTD following social stressors such as …