Controllability over stressor decreases responses in key threat-related brain areas

Limbachia et al conduct a fMRI study in which participants are shown stressful stimuli that is either controllable or not. They show that the ability to control a stressor results in reduced activity in key areas of the brain that coordinate responses to a perceived threat.

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Main Authors: Chirag Limbachia, Kelly Morrow, Anastasiia Khibovska, Christian Meyer, Srikanth Padmala, Luiz Pessoa
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6ec6f4525ed64e6d984ea166e925c18c
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