Subliminal attention bias modification training in socially anxious individuals

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias modification; Masking; Social anxiety; Stress vulnerability; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUBLIMINAL ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION TRAINING PROTOCOL; THERAPY EFFECT; THREAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84933676018     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00389     Document Type: Article

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