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Research interests
The main aim of my research is to explain why some people are more prone to anxiety than others with a view to explaining the causes, and improve the treatment of, anxiety and depression-related illnesses. To do this I follow several research strategies that are based around the theory orginated by Jeffrey Gray that the anxiety-prone personality is caused by high sensitivity to threat/punishment. My research strategies include measuring the effects of anti-anxiety drugs on the intensity of threat-avoidance behaviour in humans, studying neural activity during the same behaviour pattern, as well as evaluating associations between personality questionnaire scores and patterning of human defensive behaviour.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output
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Flight behaviour in humans is intensified by a candidate genetic risk factor for panic disorder: evidence from a translational model of fear and anxiety
Perkins, A., Ettinger, U., Williams, S. C. R., Reuter, M., Hennig, J. & Corr, P. J., Mar 2011, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 16, 3, p. 242 - 244 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus) -
Effects of Lorazepam and Citalopram on Human Defensive Reactions: Ethopharmacological Differentiation of Fear and Anxiety
Perkins, A., Ettinger, U., Davis, R., Foster, R., Williams, S. C. R. & Corr, P. J., 7 Oct 2009, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 29, 40, p. 12617 - 12624 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
51 Citations (Scopus) -
A Facial Expression for Anxiety
Perkins, A. M., Inchley-Mort, S. L., Pickering, A. D., Corr, P. J. & Burgess, A. P., May 2012, In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102, 5, p. 910-924 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
53 Citations (Scopus) -
A Dose of Ruthlessness: Interpersonal Moral Judgment Is Hardened by the Anti-Anxiety Drug Lorazepam
Perkins, A., Leonard, A. M., Weaver, K., Dalton, J. A., Mehta, M. A., Kumari, V., Williams, S. C. R. & Ettinger, U., 2012, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
39 Citations (Scopus) -
Advancing the defensive explanation for anxiety disorders: lorazepam effects on human defense are systematically modulated by personality and threat-type
Perkins, A. M., Ettinger, U., Weaver, K., Schmechtig, A., Schrantee, A., Morrison, P., Sapara, A., Kumari, V., Williams, S. C. R. & Corr, P. J., 2013, In: Translational psychiatry. 3, e246.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
22 Citations (Scopus)