Attentional re-training decreases attentional bias in heavy drinkers without generalization

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-405

  Schoenmakers, Tim ^a,e   Wiers, Reinout W ^a,b,c   Jones, Barry T ^d   Bruce, Gillian ^d   Jansen, Anita T M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attentional bias; Attentional re training; Flicker paradigm; Visual probe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846894941     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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