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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Resting electroencephalogram asymmetry and posttraumatic stress disorder |
Author: | Shankman, S. Silverstein, S. Williams, L. Hopkinson, P. Kemp, A. Felmingham, K. Bryant, R. McFarlane, A. Clark, C. |
Citation: | Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2008; 21(2):190-198 |
Publisher: | Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0894-9867 1573-6598 |
Abstract: | The valence-arousal (W. Heller, 1993) and approach-withdrawal (R. J. Davidson, 1998a) models hypothesize that particular patterns of hemispheric brain activity are associated with specific motivational tendencies and psychopathologies. We tested several of these predictions in two groups-a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a "supercontrol" group, selected to be maximally different from those with PTSD. Contrary to almost all hypotheses, individuals with PTSD did not differ from controls on resting electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry. Particular aspects of PTSD were also not related to EEG hemisphere differences. Our null findings are consistent with the few studies that have examined resting EEG asymmetries in PTSD and suggest that PTSD may be associated with different processes than psychopathologies previously examined in studies of hemispheric brain activity (e.g., major depressive disorder, panic disorder). |
Keywords: | Cerebral Cortex Humans Electroencephalography Alpha Rhythm Brain Mapping Data Interpretation, Statistical Control Groups Life Change Events Arousal Anxiety Disorders Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Depressive Disorder, Major Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Personality Inventory Models, Neurological Rest Functional Laterality |
DOI: | 10.1002/jts.20319 |
Description (link): | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18404640 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20319 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Psychiatry publications |
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