Visual hot spots: An eye tracking study of attention bias in body dysmorphic disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-132

  Greenberg, Jennifer L ^a   Reuman, Lillian ^a   Hartmann, Andrea S ^a,b   Kasarskis, Irina ^a   Wilhelm, Sabine ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention bias; BDD; Body dysmorphic disorder; Eye tracking; Obsessive compulsive spectrum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER SYMPTOM SCALE; BROWN ASSESSMENT OF BELIEFS SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBJECTIVE UNITS OF DISTRESS SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEPHALOMETRY; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSIVE SKIN PICKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSTHYMIA; EYE; EYEBROW; HAIR; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NOSE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OLFACTORY REFERENCE SYNDROME; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SKIN; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TOOTH; VISUAL HOT SPOT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906101309     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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