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15261704

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Cognitive models of social phobia propose that cognitive biases and fears regarding negative evaluation by others result in preferential attention to interpersonal sources of threat. These fears may account for the hypervigilance and avoidance of eye contact commonly reported by clinicians. This study provides the first objective examination of threat-related processing in social phobia. It was predicted that hyperscanning (hypervigilance) and eye avoidance would be most apparent in social phobia for overt expressions of threat. An infrared corneal reflection technique was used to record visual scanpaths in response to angry, sad, and happy vs. neutral facial expressions. Twenty-two subjects with social phobia were compared with age- and sex-matched normal controls. As predicted, social phobia subjects displayed hyperscanning, (increased scanpath length) and avoidance (reduced foveal fixations) of the eyes, particularly evident for angry faces. The results could not be explained by either medication or co-morbid depression. These findings are consistent with theories emphasising the role of information processing biases in social phobia, and show promise in the application to treatment evaluation in this disorder.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Face to face: visual scanpath evidence for abnormal processing of facial expressions in social phobia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong 2522, Australia. khorley@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article