PSYCH 3JJ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lateralization Of Brain Function, Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3JJ3
• Professor: Louis A Schmidt

Document Summary

Moscovitch, d. frontal eeg asymmetry and symptom response to cognitive behavioural therapy in patients with social anxiety disorder. Pre-treatment & mid-treatment had greater relative right brain asymmetry; post-treatment was more left side asymmetry. In anticipation of giving a speech on which the topic has changed, and they have not prepared for. Study 2: adolescent females exposed to child maltreatment who displayed stable left frontal eeg asymmetry over 2 years showed the highest and lowest risk for major depressive disorder depending on environmental influence (exposure to childhood trauma severity) Study 3: right frontal eeg asymmetry was correlated with shyness, and left frontal eeg was correlated with sociability in adults with schizophrenia, only if they were also low in positive symptoms. Study 4: frontal eeg asymmetry changed from right frontal to left frontal activity over the course of cbt from pre-cbt to post. Some aspects of the frontal asymmetry measure appear to be open to change.