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Influence of the serotonin transporter promoter gene and shyness on children's cerebral responses to facial expressions.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Jan 2005
Battaglia Marco, Ogliari Anna, Zanoni Annalisa, Citterio Alessandra, Pozzoli Uberto, Giorda Roberto, Maffei Cesare, Marino Cecilia
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BACKGROUND: Childhood shyness can predate social anxiety disorder and may be associated with biased discrimination of facial expressions of emotions. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether childhood shyness, or the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism genotype, can predict participants' visual event-related potentials in response to expressions of children of similar ages. DESIGN: Study group drawn from an...
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