Learning and memory consolidation processes of attention-bias modification in anxious and nonanxious individuals

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 620-627

  Abend, Rany ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^b   Fox, Nathan A ^c   Bar Haim, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention bias modification; Cognitive training; Consolidation; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927655330     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614526571     Document Type: Article

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