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What BANE can offer GANE: Individual differences in function of hotspot mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Rebecca M. Todd ,
Mana R. Ehlers  and
Adam K. Anderson
Rebecca M. Todd
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 becket.todd@psych.ubc.ca manaehlers@psych.ubc.ca http://mclab.psych.ubc.ca/
Mana R. Ehlers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 becket.todd@psych.ubc.ca manaehlers@psych.ubc.ca http://mclab.psych.ubc.ca/
Adam K. Anderson
Affiliation:
College of Human Ecology Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 aka47@cornell.edu http://www.human.cornell.edu/bio.cfm?netid=aka47
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Abstract

In this commentary we focus on individual differences in proposed mechanisms underlying arousal-based enhancement of prioritized stimuli. We discuss the potential of genotyping studies for examining effects of noradrenergic processes on stimulus prioritization in humans and stress the importance of potential individual differences in the activity of specific receptor subtypes in hotspot processes proposed by the GANE model.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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