Too much of a good thing: Testing the efficacy of a cognitive bias modification task for cognitively vulnerable individuals

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-501

  Haeffel, Gerald J ^a   Rozek, David C ^a   Hames, Jennifer L ^a,b   Technow, Jessica ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive bias modification; Cognitive vulnerability; Depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TRAINING; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84867578680     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-011-9379-6     Document Type: Article

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