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Variations in the serotonin-transporter gene are associated with attention bias patterns to positive and negative emotion faces.
Biological psychology - 1 Mar 2010
Pérez-Edgar Koraly, Bar-Haim Yair, McDermott Jennifer Martin, Gorodetsky Elena, Hodgkinson Colin A, Goldman David, Ernst Monique, Pine Daniel S, Fox Nathan A
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Both attention biases to threat and a serotonin-transporter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) have been linked to heightened neural activation to threat and the emergence of anxiety. The short allele of 5-HTTLPR may act via its effect on neurotransmitter availability, while attention biases shape broad patterns of cognitive processing. We examined individual differences in attention bias to emotion faces as a function...
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