A computerized stroop task to assess cancer-related cognitive biases

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 37-43

  DaCosta DiBonaventura, Marco ^a   Erblich, Joel ^b   Sloan, Richard ^c   Bovbjerg, Dana ^d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cognitive bias; Family history; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; STRESS; STROOP TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 77953015577     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280903521321     Document Type: Article

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