Attentional bias modification in depression through gaze contingencies and regulatory control using a new eye-tracking intervention paradigm: Study protocol for a placebo-controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vazquez, Carmelo ^a   Blanco, Ivan ^a   Sanchez, Alvaro ^b   McNally, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias modification; Attentional biases; Cognitive bias modification; Cognitive processes; Depression; Dysphoria; Eye tracking

Indexed keywords

ANAGRAM STRESS TASK; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL THRESHOLD DETECTION TASK; EYE TRACKING; GAZE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SCRAMBLED SENTENCE TASK; SUBSTANCE USE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008395140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-1150-9     Document Type: Article

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