Attentional bias in eating disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-380

  Shafran, Roz ^a,b   Lee, Michelle ^b   Cooper, Zafra ^b   Palmer, Robert L ^c   Fairburn, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Dot probe task; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34247527775     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20375     Document Type: Article

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