Social anxiety modulating early processing for social threat words
An ERP study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7149879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fei Yin (0000-0001-8218-7558, Harbin Medical University), Feng Si (0000-0002-5217-1720, China National Institute of Standardization), Shuhui Huo (0000-0001-6806-0139, Harbin Medical University), Zhengjun Wang (0000-0003-2326-4167, Harbin Medical University), Haibo Yang (0000-0003-0386-5336, Daqing Third Hospital), Xiwu Zhao (0000-0001-6106-7389, Daqing Third Hospital), Jianqin Cao (0000-0002-4844-0545, Harbin Medical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 603-613 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognition & Emotion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02699931.2024.2381660 |
| PMID | 39046729 |
| OpenAlex | W4400947972 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 65 |
Even though some recent research revealed individuals with HSA typically display enhanced processing in the early stages of emotional information processing due to hypervigilance and vulnerability to negative stimuli, it is still unclear whether social anxiety affects the time course underlying processing bias for emotional stimuli. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the early stage of processing social threat stimuli in high social anxiety (HSA) individuals by recording RTs and EEG data in the emotional Stroop task. Behavioral data showed that the HSA group responded to the threat words faster than neutral words (i.e. negative bias), but no emotional effects in the low social anxiety (LSA) group. Although the P1 component did not show any early effects, ERP data exhibited an enhanced N170 for HSA than for LSA groups. Threat words elicited larger N170 than neutral words in the LSA group only; this emotion effect was not evident in the HSA group. These findings indicated that social anxiety modulates early processing for social threat words. This study revealed the neural mechanisms underlying early emotional processing in individuals with social anxiety, providing insights for the evaluation and intervention of social anxiety
Anxiety · Attentional bias · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Hypervigilance · Psychiatry · Social anxiety · Stroop effect · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |