Modulation of the ERP repetition effects during exposure to phobia-relevant and other affective pictures in spider phobia

Michałowski, Jarosław M.; Pané-Farré, Christiane A.; Löw, Andreas; Weymar, Mathias; Hamm, Alfons O.

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.09.009

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“…Paralleling arguments offered by Michalowski et al. () about implications of attenuated ERPs found among spider phobics repeatedly exposed to phobic stimuli, the current P3 results suggest that defensive mobilization of cognitive resources within contexts that signal possible pain might prevent the pain‐fearful from effective processing and impedes habituation. Furthermore, somewhat more attenuated P3 amplitudes among H‐FOP members than L‐FOP members during trials featuring non‐painful somatosensory stimulation cued by neutral words suggested that highly defensive responses in the former group might extend to less threatening contexts that present shortly before or after exposure to threats.…”

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“…For example, behavioral avoidance has been documented during prolonged exposure to fear-relevant threats among people with blood-injury phobias (Mogg et al, 2004), spider phobias (Pflugshaupt et al, 2005), trait anxiety (Holmes, Nielsen, & Green, 2008) and social anxiety (Vassilopoulos, 2005). Phobic groups can also display attenuated late amplitudes (e.g., P3) when confronted with repeated (i.e., possible) or prolonged presentations of phobic stimuli (e.g., Michalowski et al, 2012;Weinberg & Hajcak, 2011).…”

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“…Conversely, however, exposure to phobic stimuli has been linked to attenuated ERPs in some phobic samples. For example, researchers have found prolonged, repeated exposure to threatening images in anxious/phobic groups can result in comparatively weaker late ERPs (Michalowski, Pané-Farré, Löw, Weymar, & Hamm, 2012;Weinberg & Hajcak, 2011), suggesting strategic inhibition, disengagement and/or avoidance as a plausible complementary pattern that emerges with repeated presentations of feared stimuli.…”

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Effects of trait fear of pain on event‐related potentials during word cue presentations that signal potential pain

Zheng

Lyu

Jackson

2019

Eur J of Neuroscience

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People who are especially afraid of pain may display attention biases that increase their risk for developing chronic pain following an injury. However, specific neurophysiological mechanisms underlying associations between elevated trait fear of pain levels and environmental cues that signal potential pain experiences are not well understood. To address this gap, event‐related potentials (ERPs) were recorded among 39 high pain‐fearful (H‐FOP) and 36 low pain‐fearful (L‐FOP) adults exposed to potentially painful somatosensory stimulation cued by sensory pain words versus non‐painful stimulation cued by neutral words. H‐FOP group members displayed slower reaction times in judging somatosensory stimulation and rated stimulation to be more intense than L‐FOP group members did. H‐FOP group members also exhibited comparatively earlier peak latencies of P2 and N2 components during word cue presentations as well as weaker P3 amplitudes in processing non‐painful stimulation cued by sensory pain words. These findings suggested that, among the high trait pain‐fearful, exposure to word cues signaling potential pain results in the allocation of fewer cognitive resources toward processing somatosensory stimuli that are not actually painful.

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Effects of trait fear of pain on event‐related potentials during word cue presentations that signal potential pain

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Jackson

2019

Eur J of Neuroscience

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“…As a consequence, the power of the emotional induction might be lowered. Similarly, if one wants to study reactions to “new” emotionally charged stimuli and their influence on cognitive processes (e.g., to study the old–new effect, repetition effect, or false recognition) (Marchewka, Jednoróg, Nowicka, Brechmann, & Grabowska, 2009; Michałowski, Pané-Farré, Löw, Weymar, & Hamm, 2011; Rozenkrants, Olofsson, & Polich, 2008), the number of images in a particular category should be large enough to avoid uncontrolled stimulus repetition. Moreover, the quality of IAPS images is not always satisfactory, which might introduce uncontrolled factors in the experimental design.…”

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The Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS): Introduction to a novel, standardized, wide-range, high-quality, realistic picture database

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Selecting appropriate stimuli to induce emotional states is essential in affective research. Only a few standardized affective stimulus databases have been created for auditory, language, and visual materials. Numerous studies have extensively employed these databases using both behavioral and neuroimaging methods. However, some limitations of the existing databases have recently been reported, including limited numbers of stimuli in specific categories or poor picture quality of the visual stimuli. In the present article, we introduce the Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS), which consists of 1,356 realistic, high-quality photographs that are divided into five categories (people, faces, animals, objects, and landscapes). Affective ratings were collected from 204 mostly European participants. The pictures were rated according to the valence, arousal, and approach–avoidance dimensions using computerized bipolar semantic slider scales. Normative ratings for the categories are presented for each dimension. Validation of the ratings was obtained by comparing them to ratings generated using the Self-Assessment Manikin and the International Affective Picture System. In addition, the physical properties of the photographs are reported, including luminance, contrast, and entropy. The new database, with accompanying ratings and image parameters, allows researchers to select a variety of visual stimulus materials specific to their experimental questions of interest. The NAPS system is freely accessible to the scientific community for noncommercial use by request at http://naps.nencki.gov.pl.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.3758/s13428-013-0379-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…In general, ERP components measured with EEG are assumed to reflect different stages of processing. These seem to comprise an early, automatic stage associated with enhanced early ERPs to threat-related compared to neutral stimuli [such as P1, P2, N2, or early posterior negativity (EPN)], and a later, more controlled and conscious stage of processing that is associated with enhanced responses of late positive components (starting around 300 ms) (Eimer et al, 2003; Holmes et al, 2003; Liddell et al, 2004; Kolassa et al, 2005; Kiss and Eimer, 2008; Straube et al, 2011b; Michalowski et al, 2012). While early potentials are associated with automatic perceptual analysis and vigilance, late potentials such as P3 and LPC reflect the controlled evaluation of stimuli, motivated attentional processes, and response preparation (Schupp et al, 2000; Straube et al, 2011c).…”

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Automatic Neural Processing of Disorder-Related Stimuli in Social Anxiety Disorder: Faces and More

Schulz¹,

Mothes-Lasch²,

Straube³

2013

Front. Psychol.

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It has been proposed that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is associated with automatic information processing biases resulting in hypersensitivity to signals of social threat such as negative facial expressions. However, the nature and extent of automatic processes in SAD on the behavioral and neural level is not entirely clear yet. The present review summarizes neuroscientific findings on automatic processing of facial threat but also other disorder-related stimuli such as emotional prosody or negative words in SAD. We review initial evidence for automatic activation of the amygdala, insula, and sensory cortices as well as for automatic early electrophysiological components. However, findings vary depending on tasks, stimuli, and neuroscientific methods. Only few studies set out to examine automatic neural processes directly and systematic attempts are as yet lacking. We suggest that future studies should: (1) use different stimulus modalities, (2) examine different emotional expressions, (3) compare findings in SAD with other anxiety disorders, (4) use more sophisticated experimental designs to investigate features of automaticity systematically, and (5) combine different neuroscientific methods (such as functional neuroimaging and electrophysiology). Finally, the understanding of neural automatic processes could also provide hints for therapeutic approaches.

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Modulation of the ERP repetition effects during exposure to phobia-relevant and other affective pictures in spider phobia

Cited by 11 publications

References 63 publications

Effects of trait fear of pain on event‐related potentials during word cue presentations that signal potential pain

Effects of trait fear of pain on event‐related potentials during word cue presentations that signal potential pain

The Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS): Introduction to a novel, standardized, wide-range, high-quality, realistic picture database

Automatic Neural Processing of Disorder-Related Stimuli in Social Anxiety Disorder: Faces and More

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