Publications

2022

Anxiety associated with perceived uncontrollable stress enhances expectations of environmental volatility and impairs reward learning. Walsh AT, Dayan P, Olsson A, Guitart-Masip M. PsyArXiv 2022 Dec

The causal role of affect sharing in driving vicarious fear learning.
Müllner-Huber A, Anton-Boicuk L, Pronizius E, Lengersdorff L, Olsson A, Lamm C
PLoS One 2022 ;17(11):e0277793

Neural defensive circuits underlie helping under threat in humans.
Vieira JB, Olsson A
Elife 2022 Oct;11():

Pavlovian threat conditioning can generate intrusive memories that persist over time.
Espinosa L, Bonsall MB, Becker N, Holmes EA, Olsson A
Behav Res Ther 2022 Oct;157():104161

Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning.
Pavlović T, Azevedo F, ... Olsson A, ..., Keudel O, ...
PNAS Nexus 2022 Jul;1(3):pgac093

COVID-19 conspiracy ideation is associated with the delusion proneness trait and resistance to update of beliefs.
Acar K, Horntvedt O, Cabrera A, Olsson A, Ingvar M, Lebedev AV, Petrovic P
Sci Rep 2022 Jun;12(1):10352

Psychological well-being is associated with prosociality during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison of Swedish and Chinese samples.
Pan Y, Vieira JB, Pärnamets P, Jangard S, Cheng X, Zhang Y, Olsson A
Emotion 2022 Aug;():

Alcohol Use Disorder Displays Trait-Related Reductions in Prosocial Decision Making.
Jangard S, Lindström B, Khemiri L, Pärnamets P, Jayaram-Lindström N, Olsson A
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging 2022 Sep;7(9):925-934

Enhanced Instructed Fear Learning in Delusion-Proneness.
Louzolo A, Almeida R, Guitart-Masip M, Björnsdotter M, Lebedev A, Ingvar M, Olsson A, Petrovic P
Front Psychol 2022 ;13():786778

Does gender matter? The association between different digital media activities and adolescent well-being.
Svensson R, Johnson B, Olsson A
BMC Public Health 2022 Feb;22(1):273

National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic.
Van Bavel JJ, Cichocka A, Capraro V, Sjåstad H, Nezlek JB, Pavlović T, Alfano M, ..., Olsson A, ..., Jangard S, ..., Pärnamets P, ..., Vieira JB, ...
Nat Commun 2022 Jan;13(1):517

2021

Model-based representational similarity analysis of blood-oxygen-level-dependent fMRI captures threat learning in social interactions.
Undeger I, Visser RM, Becker N, de Boer L, Golkar A, Olsson A
R Soc Open Sci 2021 Nov;8(11):202116

The Interpersonal Neuroscience of Social Learning.
Pan Y, Novembre G, Olsson A
Perspect Psychol Sci 2022 May;17(3):680-695

Observation of others' threat reactions recovers memories previously shaped by firsthand experiences.
Haaker J, Diaz-Mataix L, Guillazo-Blanch G, Stark SA, Kern L, LeDoux JE, Olsson A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021 Jul;118(30):

Psychedelic drug use and schizotypy in young adults.
Lebedev AV, Acar K, Garzón B, Almeida R, Råback J, Åberg A, Martinsson S, Olsson A, Louzolo A, Pärnamets P, Lövden M, Atlas L, Ingvar M, Petrovic P
Sci Rep 2021 Jul;11(1):15058

The face value of feedback: facial behaviour is shaped by goals and punishments during interaction with dynamic faces.
Yi J, Pärnamets P, Olsson A
R Soc Open Sci 2021 Jul;8(7):202159

2020

Social safety learning: Shared safety abolishes the recovery of learned threat.
Pan Y, Olsson A, Golkar A
Behav Res Ther 2020 Dec;135():103733

Observational learning of fear in real time procedure.
Szczepanik M, Kaźmierowska AM, Michałowski JM, Wypych M, Olsson A, Knapska E
Sci Rep 2020 Oct;10(1):16960

Enhanced social learning of threat in adults with autism.
Espinosa L, Lundin Kleberg J, Hofvander B, Berggren S, Bölte S, Olsson A
Mol Autism 2020 Sep;11(1):71

Integration of social cues and individual experiences during instrumental avoidance learning.
Pärnamets P, Olsson A
PLoS Comput Biol 2020 Sep;16(9):e1008163

Help or flight? Increased threat imminence promotes defensive helping in humans.
Vieira JB, Schellhaas S, Enström E, Olsson A
Proc Biol Sci 2020 Aug;287(1933):20201473

Neural Pattern Similarity Unveils the Integration of Social Information and Aversive Learning.
Undeger I, Visser RM, Olsson A
Cereb Cortex 2020 Sep;30(10):5410-5419

Acute anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with higher levels of everyday altruism.
Vieira JB, Pierzchajlo S, Jangard S, Marsh AA, Olsson A
Sci Rep 2022 Nov;12(1):18619

Physiological synchrony predicts observational threat learning in humans.
Pärnamets P, Espinosa L, Olsson A
Proc Biol Sci 2020 May;287(1927):20192779

Intact Classical Fear Conditioning to Interpersonally Threatening Stimuli in Borderline Personality Disorder.
Hillmann K, Mancke F, Herpertz SC, Jungkunz M, Olsson A, Haaker J, Bertsch K
Psychopathology 2020 ;53(2):84-94

The neural and computational systems of social learning.
Olsson A, Knapska E, Lindström B
Nat Rev Neurosci 2020 Apr;21(4):197-212

Book chapter: N Lanbeck, D Garcia, C Amato, A Olsson, S Sikström. Implicit attitudes: Quantitative semantic misattribution procedure. In: Sikström & Garcia (Eds.), Statistical Semantics: Methods and Applications, Springer, 2020

Learning biases to angry and happy faces during Pavlovian aversive conditioning.
Stussi Y, Pourtois G, Olsson A, Sander D
Emotion 2021 Jun;21(4):742-756

2019

Anxious behaviour in a demonstrator affects observational learning.
Selbing I, Olsson A
Sci Rep 2019 Jun;9(1):9181

Social threat learning transfers to decision making in humans.
Lindström B, Golkar A, Jangard S, Tobler PN, Olsson A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019 Mar;116(10):4732-4737

2018

Social regulation of survival circuits through learning. Olsson A, FeldmanHall O, Haaker J, Hensler T. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 2018 Dec; 24:161-167

Conference: Building and Dismantling Trust: From Group Learning to Character Judgments. Pärnamets P, Granwald T, Olsson A. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, 2018

Book chapter: Olsson A, Spring V. The vicarious brain: Integrating empathy and emotional learning. In: Meyza & Knapska (Eds.), Neuronal correlates of empathy: From rodent to human, Academic Press, 2018, ISBN: 9780128093481.

A common neural network differentially mediates direct and social fear learning.
Lindström B, Haaker J, Olsson A
Neuroimage 2018 Feb;167():121-129

The role of a "common is moral" heuristic in the stability and change of moral norms.
Lindström B, Jangard S, Selbing I, Olsson A
J Exp Psychol Gen 2018 Feb;147(2):228-242

2017

Beliefs about Others' Abilities Alter Learning from Observation.
Selbing I, Olsson A
Sci Rep 2017 Nov;7(1):16173

PhD Thesis: Selbing I. Learning from the behaviors and experiences of others.

The interplay of social group biases in social threat learning.
Golkar A, Olsson A
Sci Rep 2017 Aug;7(1):7685

Social Fear Learning: from Animal Models to Human Function.
Debiec J, Olsson A
Trends Cogn Sci 2017 Jul;21(7):546-555

Assessment of social transmission of threats in humans using observational fear conditioning.
Haaker J, Golkar A, Selbing I, Olsson A
Nat Protoc 2017 Jul;12(7):1378-1386

Endogenous opioids regulate social threat learning in humans.
Haaker J, Yi J, Petrovic P, Olsson A
Nat Commun 2017 May;8():15495

Delusion-proneness displays comorbidity with traits of autistic-spectrum disorders and ADHD.
Louzolo A, Gustavsson P, Tigerström L, Ingvar M, Olsson A, Petrovic P
PLoS One 2017 ;12(5):e0177820

Book chapter: Olsson A, Undeger I. Evolved physiological reactions. In: Shackelford & Weekes-Shackelford, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer, Cham, 2017

Effects of 25 mg oxazepam on emotional mimicry and empathy for pain: a randomized controlled experiment.
Nilsonne G, Tamm S, Golkar A, Sörman K, Howner K, Kristiansson M, Olsson A, Ingvar M, Petrovic P
R Soc Open Sci 2017 Mar;4(3):160607

2016

PhD Thesis: Molapour T. The role of aversive learning in social interactions.

Conditioned social dominance threat: observation of others' social dominance biases threat learning.
Haaker J, Molapour T, Olsson A
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2016 Oct;11(10):1627-37

Outline of a sensory-motor perspective on intrinsically moral agents. Balkenius C, Cañamero L, Pärnamets P, Johansson B, Butz MV, Olsson A. Adaptive Behavior. 2016 Oct;24(5):306-319.

Co-Evolution of Social Learning and Evolutionary Preparedness in Dangerous Environments.
Lindström B, Selbing I, Olsson A
PLoS One 2016 ;11(8):e0160245

Significant grey matter changes in a region of the orbitofrontal cortex in healthy participants predicts emotional dysregulation.
Petrovic P, Ekman CJ, Klahr J, Tigerström L, Rydén G, Johansson AG, Sellgren C, Golkar A, Olsson A, Öhman A, Ingvar M, Landén M
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2016 Jul;11(7):1041-9

Aversive Learning and Trait Aggression Influence Retaliatory Behavior.
Molapour T, Lindström B, Olsson A
Front Psychol 2016 ;7():833

Neural signals of vicarious extinction learning.
Golkar A, Haaker J, Selbing I, Olsson A
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2016 Oct;11(10):1541-9

Immunization against social fear learning.
Golkar A, Olsson A
J Exp Psychol Gen 2016 Jun;145(6):665-71

Vicarious Fear Learning Depends on Empathic Appraisals and Trait Empathy.
Olsson A, McMahon K, Papenberg G, Zaki J, Bolger N, Ochsner KN
Psychol Sci 2016 Jan;27(1):25-33

Testosterone and estrogen impact social evaluations and vicarious emotions: A double-blind placebo-controlled study.
Olsson A, Kopsida E, Sorjonen K, Savic I
Emotion 2016 Jun;16(4):515-23

Book chapter: Olsson A, Undeger I, Yi J. Emotional learning and regulation in social situations. In: Absher & Cloutier, (Eds.), Neuroimaging Personality, Social Cognition, and Character, Academic Press, 2016

2015

Neural correlates of biased social fear learning and interaction in an intergroup context.
Molapour T, Golkar A, Navarrete CD, Haaker J, Olsson A
Neuroimage 2015 Nov;121():171-83

A clash of values: Fear-relevant stimuli can enhance or corrupt adaptive behavior through competition between Pavlovian and instrumental valuation systems.
Lindström B, Golkar A, Olsson A
Emotion 2015 Oct;15(5):668-76

Mechanisms of social avoidance learning can explain the emergence of adaptive and arbitrary behavioral traditions in humans.
Lindström B, Olsson A
J Exp Psychol Gen 2015 Jun;144(3):688-703

Neural and genetic markers of vulnerability to post-traumatic stress symptoms among survivors of the World Trade Center attacks.
Olsson A, Kross E, Nordberg SS, Weinberg A, Weber J, Schmer-Galunder S, Fossella J, Wager TD, Bonanno GA, Ochsner KN
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2015 Jun;10(6):863-8

BDNFval66met affects neural activation pattern during fear conditioning and 24 h delayed fear recall.
Lonsdorf TB, Golkar A, Lindström KM, Haaker J, Öhman A, Schalling M, Ingvar M
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2015 May;10(5):664-71

Spontaneous eye movements and trait empathy predict vicarious learning of fear.
Kleberg JL, Selbing I, Lundqvist D, Hofvander B, Olsson A
Int J Psychophysiol 2015 Dec;98(3 Pt 2):577-83

Learned fear to social out-group members are determined by ethnicity and prior exposure.
Golkar A, Björnstjerna M, Olsson A
Front Psychol 2015 ;6():123

Social learning of fear and safety is determined by the demonstrator's racial group.
Golkar A, Castro V, Olsson A
Biol Lett 2015 Jan;11(1):20140817

A ten-year follow-up of a study of memory for the attack of September 11, 2001: Flashbulb memories and memories for flashbulb events.
Hirst W, Phelps EA, Meksin R, Vaidya CJ, Johnson MK, Mitchell KJ, Buckner RL, Budson AE, Gabrieli JD, Lustig C, Mather M, Ochsner KN, Schacter D, Simons JS, Lyle KB, Cuc AF, Olsson A
J Exp Psychol Gen 2015 Jun;144(3):604-23

2014

The Hidden Snake in the Grass: Superior Detection of Snakes in Challenging Attentional Conditions.
Soares SC, Lindström B, Esteves F, Ohman A
PLoS One 2014 ;9(12):e114724

Demonstrator skill modulates observational aversive learning.
Selbing I, Lindström B, Olsson A
Cognition 2014 Oct;133(1):128-39

The influence of work-related chronic stress on the regulation of emotion and on functional connectivity in the brain.
Golkar A, Johansson E, Kasahara M, Osika W, Perski A, Savic I
PLoS One 2014 ;9(9):e104550

A review on human reinstatement studies: an overview and methodological challenges.
Haaker J, Golkar A, Hermans D, Lonsdorf TB
Learn Mem 2014 Sep;21(9):424-40

PhD Thesis: Lindström B. Socially dependent avoidance learning: Mechanisms of adaptive behavior.

Racial bias shapes social reinforcement learning.
Lindström B, Selbing I, Molapour T, Olsson A
Psychol Sci 2014 Mar;25(3):711-9

Pre-2013

Other people as means to a safe end: vicarious extinction blocks the return of learned fear.
Golkar A, Selbing I, Flygare O, Ohman A, Olsson A
Psychol Sci 2013 Nov;24(11):2182-90

Cues of fatigue: effects of sleep deprivation on facial appearance.
Sundelin T, Lekander M, Kecklund G, Van Someren EJ, Olsson A, Axelsson J
Sleep 2013 Sep;36(9):1355-60

In Your Face: Risk of Punishment Enhances Cognitive Control and Error-Related Activity in the Corrugator Supercilii Muscle.
Lindström BR, Mattsson-Mårn IB, Golkar A, Olsson A
PLoS One 2013 ;8(6):e65692

Learning biases underlying individual differences in sensitivity to social rejection.
Olsson A, Carmona S, Downey G, Bolger N, Ochsner KN
Emotion 2013 Aug;13(4):616-21

Temporal properties of fear extinction--does time matter?
Golkar A, Bellander M, Öhman A
Behav Neurosci 2013 Feb;127(1):59-69

Book chapter: Olsson A. Empati ur ett neurovetenskapligt perspektiv [Empathy from a neuroscientific perspective]. In: Bohlin & Ekelund, (Ed.s), Empati, Studentlitteratur, 2013

Distinct contributions of the dorsolateral prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortex during emotion regulation.
Golkar A, Lonsdorf TB, Olsson A, Lindstrom KM, Berrebi J, Fransson P, Schalling M, Ingvar M, Öhman A
PLoS One 2012 ;7(11):e48107

Fear extinction in humans: effects of acquisition-extinction delay and masked stimulus presentations.
Golkar A, Öhman A
Biol Psychol 2012 Oct;91(2):292-301

Fear is readily associated with an out-group face in a minimal group context. Navarrete CD, McDonald MM, Asher BD, Kerr NL, Yokota K, Olsson A, Sidanius J. Evolution and Human Behavior, 2012 Sep; 33(5); 590–593

Evolutionary derived modulations of attention to two common fear stimuli: Serpents and hostile humans. Öhman A, Soares SC, Juth P, Lindström B, Esteves F. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2012 Jan; 24 (1): 17–32

Emotional responses in spider fear are closely related to picture awareness.
Peira N, Golkar A, Ohman A, Anders S, Wiens S
Cogn Emot 2012 ;26(2):252-60

Are fear memories erasable?-reconsolidation of learned fear with fear-relevant and fear-irrelevant stimuli.
Golkar A, Bellander M, Olsson A, Ohman A
Front Behav Neurosci 2012 ;6():80

Threat-relevance impairs executive functions: negative impact on working memory and response inhibition.
Lindström BR, Bohlin G
Emotion 2012 Apr;12(2):384-93

Emotion processing facilitates working memory performance.
Lindström BR, Bohlin G
Cogn Emot 2011 Nov;25(7):1196-204

Book chapter: Olsson A. The impact of social cognition on emotional learning from and about others: A neurobiological perspective. In: Schachtman & Reilly, (Eds.), Associative Learning and Conditioning Theory: Human and Non-Human Applications, Oxford University Press, 2011

5-HTTLPR and COMTval158met genotype gate amygdala reactivity and habituation.
Lonsdorf TB, Golkar A, Lindstöm KM, Fransson P, Schalling M, Ohman A, Ingvar M
Biol Psychol 2011 Apr;87(1):106-12

Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people.
Axelsson J, Sundelin T, Ingre M, Van Someren EJ, Olsson A, Lekander M
BMJ 2010 Dec;341():c6614

Finding the face in a crowd: Relationships between distractor redundancy, target emotion, and target gender. Öhman A, Juth P, Lundqvist D. Cognition & Emotion, 2010 Oct; 24(7),1216–1228

Social problem solving, autobiographical memory, trauma, and depression in women with borderline personality disorder and a history of suicide attempts.
Maurex L, Lekander M, Nilsonne A, Andersson EE, Asberg M, Ohman A
Br J Clin Psychol 2010 Sep;49(Pt 3):327-42

Amygdala-dependent fear conditioning in humans is modulated by the BDNFval66met polymorphism.
Lonsdorf TB, Weike AI, Golkar A, Schalling M, Hamm AO, Öhman A
Behav Neurosci 2010 Feb;124(1):9-15

The serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and affective symptoms among women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
Maurex L, Zaboli G, Ohman A, Asberg M, Leopardi R
Eur Psychiatry 2010 Jan;25(1):19-25

Incollection: Olsson A. Observational fear learning. In: Seel, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Science of Learning, Springer US, 2010

What you fear will appear: detection of schematic spiders in spider fear.
Peira N, Golkar A, Larsson M, Wiens S
Exp Psychol 2010 ;57(6):470-5

Of snakes and faces: an evolutionary perspective on the psychology of fear.
Ohman A
Scand J Psychol 2009 Dec;50(6):543-52

Distinct control networks for cognition and emotion in the prefrontal cortex.
Kompus K, Hugdahl K, Ohman A, Marklund P, Nyberg L
Neurosci Lett 2009 Dec;467(2):76-80

Some animal specific fears are more specific than others: Evidence from attention and emotion measures.
Soares SC, Esteves F, Lundqvist D, Ohman A
Behav Res Ther 2009 Dec;47(12):1032-42

The symptomatic profile of panic disorder is shaped by the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism.
Lonsdorf TB, Rück C, Bergström J, Andersson G, Ohman A, Schalling M, Lindefors N
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2009 Nov;33(8):1479-83

Book chapter: Olsson A, Öhman A. The affective neuroscience of emotion: Automatic activation, interoception, and emotion regulation. In: Berntson & Cacioppo, (Eds.), Handbook of Neuroscience for the Behavioral Sciences, 2 , John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Is cultivating “biological blindness” a viable route to understanding behavioral phenomena?. Olsson A, Öhman A. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2009 Apr;32(2): 220

Genetic gating of human fear learning and extinction: possible implications for gene-environment interaction in anxiety disorder.
Lonsdorf TB, Weike AI, Nikamo P, Schalling M, Hamm AO, Ohman A
Psychol Sci 2009 Feb;20(2):198-206

Fear extinction to an out-group face: the role of target gender.
Navarrete CD, Olsson A, Ho AK, Mendes WB, Thomsen L, Sidanius J
Psychol Sci 2009 Feb;20(2):155-8

Emotionally controlled decision-making and a gene variant related to serotonin synthesis in women with borderline personality disorder.
Maurex L, Zaboli G, Wiens S, Asberg M, Leopardi R, Ohman A
Scand J Psychol 2009 Feb;50(1):5-10

Book chapter: Öhman A. Fear. In: Sander & Scherer, (Eds.), Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences, Oxford University Press, 2009

Book chapter: Öhman A. Phobia and Human Evolution. In: Squire, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Academic Press, 2009

Book chapter: Öhman A. Human fear conditioning and the amygdala. In: Whalen & Phelps, (Eds.), The Human Amygdala, The Guilford Press, 2009

Book chapter: Öhman A. Post-traumatic fear memories: Analysing a case study of a sexual assault. In: Bäckman & Nyberg (Eds.), Memory, aging and the brain: A Festschrift in honour of Lars-Göran Nilsson, Psychology Press, 2009

The role of social cognition in emotion.
Olsson A, Ochsner KN
Trends Cogn Sci 2008 Feb;12(2):65-71

Book chapter: Öhman A. Fear and anxiety: Overlaps and dissociations. In: Lewis, Haviland-Jones & Barrett, (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions, Guilford, 2008

Recognizing masked threat: fear betrays, but disgust you can trust.
Wiens S, Peira N, Golkar A, Ohman A
Emotion 2008 Dec;8(6):810-9

Has evolution primed humans to "beware the beast"?
Ohman A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Oct;104(42):16396-7

On the unconscious subcortical origin of human fear.
Ohman A, Carlsson K, Lundqvist D, Ingvar M
Physiol Behav 2007 Sep;92(1-2):180-5

Social learning of fear.
Olsson A, Phelps EA
Nat Neurosci 2007 Sep;10(9):1095-102

Book chapter: Öhman A, Olsson A. Emotioner [Emotions]. In Olson, (Ed.), Hjärnan, Karolinska Institutet University Press, 2007

Book chapter: Öhman A. Anxiety. In: Fink, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Stress, Elsevier, 2007

Book chapter: Öhman A. Fear. In: Fink, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Stress, Elsevier, 2007

Book chapter: Wiens S,  Öhman A. Probing unconscious emotional processes: On becoming a successful masketeer. In: Coan & Allen, (Eds.), Handbook of emotion elicitation and assessment, Oxford University Press, 2007

Learning fears by observing others: the neural systems of social fear transmission.
Olsson A, Nearing KI, Phelps EA
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2007 Mar;2(1):3-11

Skin conductance responses to masked conditioned stimuli: phylogenetic/ontogenetic factors versus direction of threat?
Flykt A, Esteves F, Ohman A
Biol Psychol 2007 Mar;74(3):328-36

Book chapter: Olsson A, Phelps EA. Understanding social evaluations: What we can (and cannot) learn from neuroimaging. In: Wittenbrink & Schwarz, (Eds.), Implicit measures of attitudes: Procedures and controversies, Guilford Press, 2007

Book chapter: Öhman A., Rück C. Four Principles of Fear and Their Implications for Phobias. In: Rottenberg & Johnson, (Eds.), Emotion and psychopathology: Bridging affective and clinical science, American Psychological Association

Predictability modulates the affective and sensory-discriminative neural processing of pain.
Carlsson K, Andersson J, Petrovic P, Petersson KM, Ohman A, Ingvar M
Neuroimage 2006 Oct;32(4):1804-14

Essay: Öhman A. Making sense of emotion: evolution, reason & the brain, Daedalus 2006 Jul;135(3):33–45

Extending animal models of fear conditioning to humans.
Delgado MR, Olsson A, Phelps EA
Biol Psychol 2006 Jul;73(1):39-48

Book chapter: Öhman A. Automatic processes in emotion: Capture of attention and emotion activation. In: Jing & Rosenzweig, (Eds.), Progress in Psychological Science Around the World: Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues: Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Psychology, Psychology Press, 2006

Failure to detect mismatches between intention and outcome in a simple decision task.
Johansson P, Hall L, Sikström S, Olsson A
Science 2005 Oct;310(5745):116-9

The role of social groups in the persistence of learned fear.
Olsson A, Ebert JP, Banaji MR, Phelps EA
Science 2005 Jul;309(5735):785-7

Psychology. Conditioned fear of a face: a prelude to ethnic enmity?
Ohman A
Science 2005 Jul;309(5735):711-3

Looking for foes and friends: perceptual and emotional factors when finding a face in the crowd.
Juth P, Lundqvist D, Karlsson A, Ohman A
Emotion 2005 Dec;5(4):379-95

Book chapter: Lundqvist D, Öhman A. Caught by the Evil Eye: Nonconscious Information Processing, Emotion, and Attention to Facial Stimuli. In: Barrett, Niedenthal, & Winkielman, (Eds.), Emotion and consciousness, The Guilford Press

Emotion regulates attention: The relation between facial configurations, facial emotion, and visual attention. Lundqvist D, Öhman A. Visual Cognition, 2005 Mar;12:51–84

Learned fear of "unseen" faces after Pavlovian, observational, and instructed fear.
Olsson A, Phelps EA
Psychol Sci 2004 Dec;15(12):822-8

Book chapter: Öhman A, Wiens S. The concept of an evolved fear module and cognitive theories of anxiety. In: Manstead, Frijda & Fischer, (Eds.): Feelings and Emotions: The Amsterdam Symposium (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction), Cambridge University Press, 2004

Keeping it short: a comparison of methods for brief picture presentation.
Wiens S, Fransson P, Dietrich T, Lohmann P, Ingvar M, Ohman A
Psychol Sci 2004 Apr;15(4):282-5

Neural systems supporting interoceptive awareness.
Critchley HD, Wiens S, Rotshtein P, Ohman A, Dolan RJ
Nat Neurosci 2004 Feb;7(2):189-95

The face of wrath: The role of features and configurations in conveying social threat.
Lundqvist D, Esteves F, Öhman A
Cogn Emot 2004 Feb;18(2):161-182

The facilitated processing of threatening faces: an ERP analysis.
Schupp HT, Ohman A, Junghöfer M, Weike AI, Stockburger J, Hamm AO
Emotion 2004 Jun;4(2):189-200

Fear and the amygdala: manipulation of awareness generates differential cerebral responses to phobic and fear-relevant (but nonfeared) stimuli.
Carlsson K, Petersson KM, Lundqvist D, Karlsson A, Ingvar M, Ohman A
Emotion 2004 Dec;4(4):340-53