Depression-related attentional bias: The influence of symptom severity and symptom specificity

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1044-1052

  Baert, Saskia ^a   de Raedt, Rudi ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Cueing; Depression; Dysphoria; Posner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77956151226     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903043461     Document Type: Article

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