The worrying mind in control: An investigation of adaptive working memory training and cognitive bias modification in worry-prone individuals

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-11

  Grol, Maud ^a   Schwenzfeier, Anne K ^b   Stricker, Johannes ^a   Booth, Charlotte ^a   Temple McCune, Alexander ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^c   Hirsch, Colette ^d   Becker, Eni ^b   Fox, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional control; Cognitive bias modification; Interpretation bias; Working memory training; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPRETATION BIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041486558     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.01.005     Document Type: Article

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