Feasibility of NIRS-based neurofeedback training in social anxiety disorder: behavioral and neural correlates

• Published in: Journal of Neural Transmission Vol. 126; no. 9; pp. 1175 - 1185
• Main Authors: Kimmig, Ann-Christin S., Dresler, Thomas, Hudak, Justin, Haeussinger, Florian B., Wildgruber, Dirk, Fallgatter, Andreas J., Ehlis, Ann-Christine, Kreifelts, Benjamin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Neurosciences; Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Preclinical Psychiatric Studies - Original Article; Laughter; Social anxiety disorder; Attention bias; DlPFC; Near-infrared spectroscopy

Attention biases towards threat signals have been linked to the etiology and symptomatology of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Dysfunction of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) may contribute to attention biases in anxious individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility...