What does the facial dot-probe task tell us about attentional processes in social anxiety? A systematic review

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-51

  Bantin, Trisha ^a   Stevens, Stephan ^a,b   Gerlach, Alexander L ^b   Hermann, Christiane ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Dot probe; Social anxiety disorder; Systematic review; Vigilance for threat

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; EFFECT SIZE; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL DOT PROBE TASK; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREAT; FACIAL RECOGNITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84931281923     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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