Simply imagining sunshine, lollipops and rainbows will not budge the bias: The role of ambiguity in interpretive bias modification

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 120-131

  Clarke, Patrick J F ^a   Nanthakumar, Shenooka ^a   Notebaert, Lies ^a   Holmes, Emily A ^b   Blackwell, Simon E ^b   MacLeod, Colin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; CBM I; Imagery; Interpretive bias; Interpretive bias modification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896447787     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9564-x     Document Type: Article

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