Complex dynamic behaviour involves reciprocal influences between emotion and cognition.
On the one hand, emotion is a “double-edged sword” that may affect various aspects of our …

Background: Oxytocin (OXT) plays a prominent role in social cognition and may have clinical
applications for disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and social anxiety. The neural …

Urban-living individuals are exposed to many environmental factors that may combine and
interact to influence mental health. While individual factors of an urban environment have …

Recent behavioral and neuroimaging studies demonstrate that labeling one's emotional
experiences and perceptions alters those states. Here, we used a comprehensive meta …

Difficulty interpreting facial expressions has been reported in autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) and is thought to be associated with amygdala abnormalities. To further explore the …

The amygdala is often found to be abnormally recruited in social anxiety disorder (SAD)
patients. The question whether amygdala activation is primarily abnormal and affects other …

Objective The network hubs, characterized by the large number of connections to other
regions, play important roles in the proper and effective transfer of information. Previous …

Exposure to acute and chronic stress has a broad range of structural effects on the brain.
The brain areas commonly targeted in the stress response models include the …

The previous task-based or resting perfusion studies in social anxiety disorder (SAD)
patients have highlighted specific differences in brain response. Little is known about the …

While a number of studies have explored the functional neuroanatomy of social anxiety
disorder (SAD), data on grey matter integrity are lacking. We conducted structural MRI scans …