Reducing Amygdala Activity and Phobic Fear through Cognitive Top–Down Regulation

Eva Loos,Nathalie Schicktanz,Matthias Fastenrath,David Coynel,Annette Milnik,Bernhard Fehlmann,Tobias Egli,Melanie Ehrler,Andreas Papassotiropoulos,Dominique J.-F. de Quervain

Reducing Amygdala Activity and Phobic Fear through Cognitive Top–Down Regulation

2020

Eva Loos
Nathalie Schicktanz
Matthias Fastenrath
David Coynel
Annette Milnik
Bernhard Fehlmann
Tobias Egli
Melanie Ehrler
Andreas Papassotiropoulos
Dominique J.-F. de Quervain

The amygdala is critically involved in emotional processing, including fear responses, and shows hyperactivity in anxiety disorders. Previous research in healthy participants has indicated that amy...

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Anxiety
Top-down and bottom-up design
Cognitive psychology
Cognition
Clinical psychology
emotional processing
Amygdala
Psychology

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