Impact of transcranial direct current stimulation on attentional bias for threat: A proof-of-concept study among individuals with social anxiety disorder

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 251-260

  Heeren, Alexandre ^a,b   Billieux, Joël ^b   Philippot, Pierre ^b   De Raedt, Rudi ^c   Baeken, Chris ^c,d   de Timary, Philippe ^b,e   Maurage, Pierre ^b   Vanderhasselt, Marie Anne ^c,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention bias modification; Attentional bias; Neuromodulation; Prefrontal cortex; Social anxiety disorder; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019874570     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsw119     Document Type: Article

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