Attention training for reducing spider fear in spider-fearful individuals

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 657-662

  Reese, Hannah E ^a   McNally, Richard J ^a   Najmi, Sadia ^b   Amir, Nader ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention training; Attentional bias; Cognitive bias modification; Dot probe paradigm; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SPIDER; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SPIDERS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 77955563440     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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