Substance Use and the Paradox of Good and Bad Attentional Bias

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 456-463

  Fadardi, Javad Salehi ^a,b   Ziaee, Soleil ^a   Shamloo, Zohreh Sepehri ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attentional bias; concern; Stroop test; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 72549109499     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017294     Document Type: Article

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