2024
Heightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity
Gerin M, Viding E, Neil L, Armbruster-Genc D, Freeman Z, Sharp M, Phillips H, McCrory E. Heightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology 2024, 15: 2309783. PMID: 38318813, PMCID: PMC10849006, DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2309783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial cuesMaltreatment experiencesPresence of social supportSocial supportLow symptomsAssociated with lower symptomsThreat-related cuesPositive social cuesIncreased psychiatric riskPerceived emotional intensityMarkers of resilienceChildhood maltreatment experiencesNo group differencesMental health symptomsLevels of social supportPerceived social supportAssociated with better mental healthMental health vulnerabilitiesMental health outcomesBetter mental healthExperiences of abusePerceived intensityHappy facesChildhood maltreatmentImplicit processes
2019
Investigating patterns of neural response associated with childhood abuse v. childhood neglect
Puetz V, Viding E, Gerin M, Pingault J, Sethi A, Knodt A, Radtke S, Brigidi B, Hariri A, McCrory E. Investigating patterns of neural response associated with childhood abuse v. childhood neglect. Psychological Medicine 2019, 50: 1398-1407. PMID: 31190662, DOI: 10.1017/s003329171900134x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural reactivityThreat reactivityMaltreatment experiencesChildhood abuseChildhood maltreatmentHigher-order cortical regionsFronto-parietal networkEffects of abuseChildhood abuse experiencesExperiences of neglectPoor mental health outcomesEffects of neglectChildhood maltreatment experiencesMental health outcomesExperiences of abuseCognitive processingBrain imaging analysisFacial cuesNeural responsesNeglect experiencesDifferential effectsAbuse experiencesChildhood neglectDorsal amygdalaVentral amygdala
2015
Childhood Trauma and Neural Responses to Personalized Stress, Favorite-Food and Neutral-Relaxing Cues in Adolescents
Elsey J, Coates A, Lacadie CM, McCrory EJ, Sinha R, Mayes LC, Potenza MN. Childhood Trauma and Neural Responses to Personalized Stress, Favorite-Food and Neutral-Relaxing Cues in Adolescents. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015, 40: 1580-1589. PMID: 25567424, PMCID: PMC4915266, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood traumaPersonalized stressSubjective anxietyFavorite-food cuesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPhysical health outcomesCortico-limbic circuitryNeural correlatesMotivational stateTrauma exposureNeural responsesFunctional neuroimagingPrefrontal cortexStress cuesAnterior cingulateEmotional disturbanceCerebellar regionsCuesGroup differencesRisky behaviorsBrain regionsAdolescentsSubcortical structuresAnxietyIncreased activation
2013
Here's looking at you, kid: attention to infant emotional faces in mothers and non‐mothers
Thompson-Booth C, Viding E, Mayes LC, Rutherford H, Hodsoll S, McCrory EJ. Here's looking at you, kid: attention to infant emotional faces in mothers and non‐mothers. Developmental Science 2013, 17: 35-46. PMID: 24341972, PMCID: PMC4352331, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesEmotional facesAttentional processingAdult facesTask interferenceTarget stimuliInfant facial cuesAttentional capture paradigmEmotional facial expressionsLonger response timesEmotional infantFacial cuesSocial stimuliSample of mothersParental distressFacial expressionsAdaptive behavioural changesMore salientAdult caregiversParental statusStimuliBehavioral changesGreater levelsFaceResponse time