Untangling attention bias modification from emotion: A double-blind randomized experiment with individuals with social anxiety disorder

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-67

  Heeren, Alexandre ^a   Coussement, Charlotte ^a   McNally, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias modification; Cognitive bias modification; Executive control; Social anxiety disorder; Speech anxiety; Visuospatial contingency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DSM-IV; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ATTENTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930672883     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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