TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Panic disorder and right-hemisphere reliance
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Smeets, Guus
A1  - Merckelbach, Harald
A1  - Griez, Eric
SP  - 245
EP  - 255
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - Abstract Panic patients (n=22) and normal controls (n=26) completed the Preference Test (PT) and a Conjugate Lateral Eye Movements (CLEMs) task as measures of hemisphere reliance. Furthermore, they completed the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) as indices of self-reported anxiety. While panic patients and controls did not differ with regard to the PT, panic patients displayed significantly more left lateral eye movements than controls. Additionally, across both groups, significant positive correlations were found between right-hemisphere activation (as indexed by CLEM scores) and ASI, suggesting that stronger right-hemisphere reliance is related to greater interoceptive fear. Thus, some indications were found for a relative right-hemisphere overactivation in panic disorders.<p /> 
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SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615809708249303
ID  - ref1
ER  -