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Lisanne Jenkins
Lisanne Jenkins PhD
Dr. Jenkins research interests include emotion and social neuroscience, clinical neuropsychology, emotion and the self in psychopathology, behavioural neurology, neurocircuitry of reward, the prefrontal cortex, and neuroimaging.
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Emotional Disorders May Have Similar Brain Abnormalities
Researchers from University of Illinois Chicago used MRI imaging to study disorders such as depression and social anxiety disorders. The study stems from the recognition that similar treatments help multiple disorders and that almost all emotional disorders involve persistent negative thinking. Read More
Brain disruptions similar across many emotional disorders
Researchers have long known that emotional disorders have a lot in common. Many often occur together, like depression and social anxiety disorder. Treatments also tend to work across multiple disorders, suggesting shared underlying elements. But perhaps the most common shared characteristic is that almost all emotional disorders involve persistent negative thinking. Read More