Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry (생물정신의학)

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ERP Components Associated with Emotional Processing in Anxiety Disorder

불안장애에서 정서처리와 관련된 ERP 성분

  • 문은옥 (임상감정인지기능연구소) ;
  • 이승환 (임상감정인지기능연구소) ;
  • 김현택 (고려대학교 심리학과)
  • Received : 2011.09.15
  • Accepted : 2011.12.14
  • Published : 2012.02.29
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Abstract

This article aimed to describe typical event-related potentials (ERP) components of emotional processing in patients with anxiety disorder and highly anxious individuals. ERP components associated with emotional processing could be broadly divided into three components with short, middle and long, respectively. Many studies show that patients with anxiety disorders are characterized by different emotional bias to specific stimuli and more sensitive to emotional stimuli than normal individuals. In addition, these emotional biases were stronger and quicker in patients with anxiety disorder than normal individuals. Some studies reported that anxious people show abnormality at the initial stage (e.g. P1) of emotional processing. However, other studies reported the abnormality at the late stage (e.g. LPP) or wholeness of emotional processing in anxious individuals. We summarized the updated finding of possible ERP components of emotional processing in patients with anxiety disorder and highly anxious individuals. The significance and clinical implication were discussed.

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