“…Thus, studies examining the neural response to emotional expressions in patients with GSP have reported increased activity in several regions including the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex to a variety of facial expressions including harsh (Phan, Fitzgerald, Nathan, & Tancer, 2006), angry (Blair et al, under revision-a;Stein, Goldin, Sareen, Zorrilla, & Brown, 2002;Straube, Kolassa, Glauer, Mentzel, & Miltner, 2004;Straube, Mentzel, & Miltner, 2005), fearful (Blair et al, under revision-a;Stein et al, 2002), disgusted (Amir et al, 2005), happy (Straube et al, 2005) as well as neutral (Birbaumer et al, 1998;Stein et al, 2002) expressions. Moreover, individuals with GSP appear to 'scan' facial expressions atypically, showing decreased scanning of selected facial features (particularly the eyes), and increased scanning of non-features, compared to non-anxious controls (Horley, Williams, Gonsalvez, & Gordon, 2003;Horley, Williams, Gonsalvez, & Gordon, 2004).…”