Abstract:Background
The present study aimed to apply multivariate pattern recognition methods to predict PTSD symptoms from whole-brain activation patterns during two contexts where the aversiveness of unpleasant pictures was manipulated by the presence or absence of safety cues.
Methods
Trauma-exposed participants were presented with neutral and mutilation pictures during fMRI collection. Before the presentation of pictures, a text informed the subjects that the pictures were fictitious (“safe context”) or real-life… Show more
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