Psychophysiological evidence for cortisol-induced reduction in early bias for implicit social threat in social phobia.
Psychophysiological evidence for cortisol-induced reduction in early bias for implicit social threat in social phobia.
J. V. van Peer,P. Spinhoven,K. Roelofs
2010 · DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.09.012
Psychoneuroendocrinology · 64 Citations
TLDR
Results indicate a highly specific effect of cortisol on early motivated attention to social threat and highlight the importance of motivational context (stimulus- or task-relevance) as well as symptom severity.