Less than meets the eye: Reappraising the clinical relevance of attentional bias in addiction

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-50

  Christiansen, Paul ^a,c   Schoenmakers, Tim M ^b,d   Field, Matt ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK CENTRE FOR TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Attentional bias modification; Stroop; Visual probe task

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; ATTENTIONAL BIAS MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; REACTION TIME; RELAPSE; SMOKING; STROOP TEST; SUBSTANCE USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CUES; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; RECURRENCE; STROOP TEST; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84923217136     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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