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ArticleBrain sciences2017

Inhibitory Control under Threat: The Role of Spontaneous Eye Blinks in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Mikael Rubin, Denise A Hien, Dipanjana Das, Robert D Melara

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Article in Brain sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mikael RubinDepartment of Psychology, City College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10017, USA. mikael.r13@gmail.com.
Denise A HienDepartment of Psychology, City College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10017, USA. dr.denise.hien@gmail.com.
Dipanjana DasDepartment of Psychology, City College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10017, USA. ddas4425@gmail.com.
Robert D MelaraDepartment of Psychology, City College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10017, USA. bobmelara@gmail.com.
City College of New York · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study is the first to explore spontaneous eye blink rate (sEBR) in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We investigated the connection between the magnitude of flanker interference in PTSD participants and sEBR during performance on a modified version of the Eriksen flanker task. As a peripheral measure of cognitive control and dopaminergic function, sEBR may illuminate the relationship between PTSD and executive function. Findings revealed a positive relationship between sEBR and flanker interference in participants diagnosed with PTSD, to both threat-related and neutral stimuli, whereas this relationship was negative in participants exposed to trauma but without PTSD and in healthy controls. Although our results are suggestive of sEBR as a potential physiological index of emotional management in PTSD, most of the correlations were not significant, indicating that further research with a larger sample is needed.

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cognitive controlflanker interferenceinhibitory controlpost-traumatic stress disorderspontaneous eye blink ratetrauma exposure

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PMID28165364
PMCPMC5332959
OpenAlexW2587668323

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