Angelika Köchel

TL;DR: This symptom provocation study on spider phobia investigated sources of late event-related potentials using sLORETA (standardized low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography) to underline that source localization is a useful alternative for identifying phobia-relevant cortical regions.

TL;DR: IU and habitual worrying were positively correlated with amygdala activity during experienced uncertainty and IU correlated negatively with PFMC activity, suggesting that uncertainty is threatening to individuals high in IU and that they lack adequate cognitive mechanism to cope with the uncertainty.

TL;DR: Late event-related potentials and facial electromyographic activity in response to symptom provocation in 8- to 12-year-old spider phobic girls and compared results to those in non-fearful controls are compared to reveal a disgust-based origin of spider phobia in children.

TL;DR: A differential involvement of parietal and occipital areas in the perception and imagery of affective pictures and the self-rated imagery ability of the participants was positively correlated with their occipitals activation during affective imagery, indicating occipITAL activation might be crucial for the quality of imagery.

TL;DR: It is shown that spider phobic girls show enhanced late positivity after psychotherapy and reduced overall disgust proneness after psychotherapeutic sessions.