Blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia can lead to avoidance of crucial medical procedures and
to detrimental health consequences, even among health workers. Yet unlike other specific …

The role of attention bias in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders has been
studied extensively over decades. Attention bias reflects maladaptation in cognitive …

Specific phobias are the most common anxiety disorder and are characterized by avoidance
behavior. Avoidance behavior impacts daily function and is proposed to impair extinction …

The current registered report focused on the temporal dynamics of the relationship between
expectancy and attention toward threat, to better understand the mechanisms underlying the …

The study aimed to determine the specificity of math anxiety by measuring physiological
arousal to the presentation of numerical and non-numerical stimuli. It also investigated …

Introduction Attention bias plays an important role in specific fears and phobias. Previous
studies revealed that a-priori expectancies affect attention toward neutral stimuli but not …

The present series of studies examines the causal interaction between expectancy and
attention biases in spider fear. Previous studies found that a-priori expectancy does not …

Emotional perceptions of math-related information can have profound effects on attitudes
about math, which, in turn, may lead to decreased math achievements. A large body of …

Temporary goals modulate attention to threat. We examined whether attentional bias to
angry faces differs depending on whether a temporary background goal is neutral, or threat …

Background: Emotional perception of math-related information can affect an individual's
attitude and professional choices, especially in the area of science, technology, engineering …