2011
Neural response to eye contact and paroxetine treatment in generalized social anxiety disorder
Schneier FR, Pomplun M, Sy M, Hirsch J. Neural response to eye contact and paroxetine treatment in generalized social anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Research 2011, 194: 271-278. PMID: 22047726, PMCID: PMC3230304, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxetine treatmentInferior parietal lobuleGeneralized social anxiety disorderNeural responsesPosterior cingulateParietal lobuleAnxiety disordersGSAD patientsEye contactMiddle occipital cortexMiddle frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonanceSymptomatic improvementHealthy comparison participantsOccipital cortexSocial anxiety disorderSymptom reductionAnterior cingulatePatientsUnmedicated adultsParahippocampal cortexNeural circuitrySupramarginal gyrusFrontal gyrusCingulate
2006
Cortical Activation While Watching Video Montage: An fMRI Study
Anderson D, Fite K, Petrovich N, Hirsch J. Cortical Activation While Watching Video Montage: An fMRI Study. Media Psychology 2006, 8: 7-24. DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0801_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingHemisphere language areasMultiple brain areasLanguage areasAction sequencesPosterior cingulateLeft hemisphere language areasCortical networksHigher-level cognitive networksBrain areasRight hemisphere homologueFlow of actionsCognitive activityFMRI studyVisual actionsRight hemisphereCortical activationFrontal areasCoordinated activityCognitive networksVideo montageCingulateMagnetic resonance imagingExtrastriateComprehension