The effect of attention modification with explicit vs. minimal instructions on worry

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Krebs, Georgina ^a   Hirsch, Colette R ^a,b   Mathews, Andrew ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional bias; Cognitive bias modification; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76849116779     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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