No evidence of attentional bias in obsessive compulsive checking on the dot probe paradigm

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 437-443

  Harkness, Emily L ^a   Harris, Lynne M ^a   Jones, Mairwen K ^a   Vaccaro, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Dot probe task; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65049087624     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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