Information processing biases in generalized anxiety disorder

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 176-182

  Hayes, Sarra ^a,b   Hirsch, Colette R ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive biases; GAD; generalized anxiety disorder; information processing biases; interpretation; memory; working memory; worry

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; INFORMATION; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34247859116     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2007.02.003     Document Type: Review

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