The ups and downs of cognitive bias: Dissociating the attentional characteristics of positive and negative affectivity

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-53

  Grafton, Ben ^a   Watkins, Ed ^b   MacLeod, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affectivity; Anxiety; Attentional bias; Depression; Disengagement bias; Engagement bias

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FACILITATION; NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY; POSITIVE AFFECTIVITY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 84856337841     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.578066     Document Type: Article

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