Cognitive habits and memory distortions in anxiety and depression

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Hertel, Paula T ^a   Brozovich, Faith ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive bias modification; Depression; Interpretation bias; Memory bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954464038     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410370137     Document Type: Article

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