The causal role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the modification of attentional bias: Evidence from transcranial direct current stimulation

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 946-952

  Clarke, Patrick J F ^a   Browning, Michael ^b,c   Hammond, Geoff ^a   Notebaert, Lies ^a   MacLeod, Colin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c P1VITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anxiety; attentional bias; cognitive bias; cognitive bias modification; cognitive training; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE BIAS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919385429     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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