Attentional biases to emotional stimuli: Key components of the RDoC constructs of sustained threat and loss

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-80

  Gibb, Brandon E ^a   Mcgeary, John E ^b,c,d   Beevers, Christopher G ^e  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional biases; Depression; RDoC

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE TRACKING; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYMPTOM; THREAT; TWINS; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84954400800     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32383     Document Type: Review

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