Seeing Red: Distraction Influences Visual Attention for Anger but Not for Other Negative Emotions
Rutherford A, Raila H, Blicher A, Vanderlind W, Joormann J. Seeing Red: Distraction Influences Visual Attention for Anger but Not for Other Negative Emotions. Emotion 2023, 23: 1224-1235. PMID: 36107655, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation strategiesRegulation strategiesFilm clipsState anxietyEmotion-eliciting film clipsEmotion-eliciting stimuliEmotional film clipsCurrent affective stateNegative emotional statesAttention allocation strategyCognitive reappraisalEmotion regulationEmotional informationVisual attentionNegative emotionsNegative affectDistraction conditionEmotional statesAffective statesNatural viewingEye trackingOverall functioningVital skillEffect of conditionCommunity participantsAttentional biases in facial emotion processing in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis
Williams T, Cohen A, Sanchez-Lopez A, Joormann J, Mittal V. Attentional biases in facial emotion processing in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. European Archives Of Psychiatry And Clinical Neuroscience 2023, 273: 1825-1835. PMID: 36920535, PMCID: PMC10502185, DOI: 10.1007/s00406-023-01582-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial emotion processingEye-tracking paradigmAttentional biasesClinical high riskSocial functioningEmotion processingNegative symptomsCHR individualsAttentional bias indicesGlobal social functioningPoor social functioningFearful facesHappy facesNeutral facesPsychosis exhibitCHR groupSuch biasesBias indexComorbid disordersClinical InterviewFunctioningPrevious researchBiasesCHR syndromeDepressive symptomsStructural inequities contribute to racial/ethnic differences in neurophysiological tone, but not threat reactivity, after trauma exposure
Harnett N, Fani N, Carter S, Sanchez L, Rowland G, Davie W, Guzman C, Lebois L, Ely T, van Rooij S, Seligowski A, Winters S, Grasser L, Musey P, Seamon M, House S, Beaudoin F, An X, Zeng D, Neylan T, Clifford G, Linnstaedt S, Germine L, Bollen K, Rauch S, Haran J, Storrow A, Lewandowski C, Hendry P, Sheikh S, Jones C, Punches B, Swor R, Hudak L, Pascual J, Harris E, Chang A, Pearson C, Peak D, Merchant R, Domeier R, Rathlev N, Bruce S, Miller M, Pietrzak R, Joormann J, Barch D, Pizzagalli D, Harte S, Elliott J, Kessler R, Koenen K, McLean S, Jovanovic T, Stevens J, Ressler K. Structural inequities contribute to racial/ethnic differences in neurophysiological tone, but not threat reactivity, after trauma exposure. Molecular Psychiatry 2023, 28: 2975-2984. PMID: 36725899, PMCID: PMC10615735, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-01971-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderAmygdala connectivityAmygdala reactivityTrauma exposurePrefrontal cortexPTSD symptomsDorsal anterior cingulate cortexAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingGreater amygdala connectivityDorsolateral prefrontal cortexSymptoms 3Trauma outcomesSkin conductance levelCingulate cortexEthnic groupsEthnic disparitiesResonance imagingMultisite longitudinal studyStress disorderTwo weeksEthnic variabilityWhite individualsBlack participants