A. Acuña

ORCID: 0000-0002-9023-6572
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Research Areas
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Universidad de la República
2015-2025

Meharry Medical College
2025

Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable
2019

Abstract Social comparisons are a core feature of human life. Theories posit that social play critical role in depression and anxiety triggering negative evaluations about the self, as well emotions. We investigated neural basis participants with and/or (MD-SA, n=56) healthy controls (n=47) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). While being scanned performed comparison task, during which they received feedback their performance co-player. Upward (being worse than co-player)...

10.1093/scan/nsaf012 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2025-01-30

Compared with the general public, people HIV (PWH) experience more psychological trauma and higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet limited research explores how PWH may uniquely trauma. The primary goal this study was to investigate exposure typologies sequelae among inform screening interventions. Qualitative interviews were conducted a convenience sample 20 PTSD, receiving services from an urban, Tennessee-based Service Organization. Interview guides gain rich...

10.1089/heq.2023.0251 article EN PubMed 2025-01-01

Social difficulties are inherent to social anxiety and critical in depression. A key feature both disorders is avoidance, which leads the loss of opportunities precludes from improving abilities. The need for studying functioning using interactive tasks that immerse subject a context has been highlighted. We developed an task allows measuring avoidance. In each round, participants choose between two categories co-players, with kind partner they would like make team. material terms, it always...

10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100402 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Affective Disorders Reports 2022-08-15
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