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ArticleBrain sciences2023

Cognitive Avoidance Is Associated with Decreased Brain Responsiveness to Threat Distractors under High Perceptual Load.

Vivien Günther, Mariia Strukova, Jonas Pecher, Carolin Webelhorst, Simone Engelmann, Anette Kersting, Karl-Titus Hoffmann, Boris Egloff, Hadas Okon-Singer, Donald Lobsien and 1 more

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Article in Brain sciences, 2023. 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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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neural Threat Processing in Individuals with Small-Animal Phobia Is Shaped by Cluster C Personality Traits.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Vivien GüntherDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Mariia StrukovaDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Jonas PecherDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Carolin WebelhorstDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Simone EngelmannDepartment of Neuroradiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Anette KerstingDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Karl-Titus HoffmannDepartment of Neuroradiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Boris EgloffDepartment of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, 55122 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5736-9912
Hadas Okon-SingerDepartment of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3100000, Israel.
Donald LobsienDepartment of Neuroradiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Thomas SuslowDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Leipzig University · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEUniversity of Haifa · IL

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GU 2231/2-1, project number: 496949003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive coping strategies to deal with anxiety-provoking events have an impact on mental and physical health. Dispositional vigilance is characterized by an increased analysis of the threatening environment, whereas cognitive avoidance comprises strategies to inhibit threat processing. To date, functional neuroimaging studies on the neural underpinnings of these coping styles are scarce and have revealed discrepant findings. In the present study, we examined automatic brain responsiveness as a function of coping styles using functional magnetic resonance imaging. We administered a perceptual load paradigm with contemptuous and fearful faces as distractor stimuli in a sample of

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avoidant copingfMRImagnetic resonance imagingrepressionsensitizationvigilant coping

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PMID37190583
PMCPMC10136524
OpenAlexW4362611655

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