Direction of attention bias to threat relates to differences in fear acquisition and extinction in anxious children

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-65

  Waters, Allison M ^a   Kershaw, Rachel ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Attention bias; Children; Conditioning; Extinction

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; AVERSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOBIA; REINFORCEMENT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84919935086     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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