Improving emotion control in social anxiety by targeting rhythmic brain activity
Abstract Social avoidance is a hallmark of social anxiety disorder. Difficulties in controlling avoidance behavior are the core maintaining factor of this impairing condition, hampering the efficacy of existing therapies. This preregistered study tested a physiologically-grounded non-invasive enhancement of control over social approach and avoidance behavior in socially anxious individuals. Their prefrontal and sensorimotor areas received dual-site phase-coupled electrical stimulation, to enhance inter-regional theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling, a mechanism known to support emotion control in non-anxious individuals. We measured behavioral and fMRI-BOLD responses during in-phase, anti-phase, and sham stimulations, while participants performed a social approach-avoidance task, involving either automatic or controlled emotional actions. In-phase (vs. anti-phase) stimulation selectively enhanced control over approach-avoidance actions, and modulated neural responses in the same prefrontal region where stimulation-reactivity increased as a function of trait anxiety. These findings illustrate how human neurophysiological connectivity can be leveraged to improve control over social avoidance, opening the way for mechanistically grounded clinical interventions of persistent avoidance in anxiety disorders.Teaser Emotion control in social anxiety can be boosted by targeting rhythmic brain activity between prefrontal and sensorimotor cortex.
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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 18. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024 |
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Meijer, Sjoerd [VerfasserIn] |
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