Facilitating a Benign Attentional Bias Reduces Negative Thought Intrusions

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 235-240

  Hayes, Sarra ^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; attention; cognitive bias modification; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 77249102649     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018264     Document Type: Article

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