Neural changes with attention bias modification for anxiety: A randomized trial

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 913-920

  Britton, Jennifer C ^a,b   Suway, Jenna G ^c,d   Clementi, Michelle A ^a,e   Fox, Nathan A ^c   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Bar Haim, Yair ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Attention training; Dot probe; fMRI; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936940347     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu141     Document Type: Article

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