Reduced error-related activation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex across pediatric anxiety disorders

OBJECTIVE: Abnormalities of cognitive control functions, such as conflict and error monitoring, have been theorized to underlie obsessive-compulsive symptoms but only recently have been considered a potentially relevant psychological construct for understanding other forms of anxiety. The authors sought to determine whether these cognitive control processes elicit the same abnormalities of brain function in patients… Continue reading Reduced error-related activation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex across pediatric anxiety disorders