Cognitive bias modification approaches to anxiety

C MacLeod, A Mathews - Annual review of clinical psychology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Clinical anxiety disorders and elevated levels of anxiety vulnerability are characterized by
cognitive biases, and this processing selectivity has been implicated in theoretical accounts …

Attentional bias to pain-related information: a meta-analysis

G Crombez, DML Van Ryckeghem, C Eccleston… - Pain, 2013 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis investigated whether attentional bias, that is, the preferential allocation of
attention to information that is related to pain, is a ubiquitous phenomenon. We also …

Efficacy of attention bias modification using threat and appetitive stimuli: A meta-analytic review

C Beard, AT Sawyer, SG Hofmann - Behavior therapy, 2012 - Elsevier
Attention bias modification (ABM) protocols aim to modify attentional biases underlying
many forms of pathology. Our objective was to conduct an effect size analysis of ABM across …

Towards a new model of attentional biases in the development, maintenance, and management of pain

J Todd, L Sharpe, A Johnson, KN Perry, B Colagiuri… - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Individuals with chronic pain demonstrate attentional biases (ABs) towards pain-related
stimuli. However, the clinical importance of these biases is yet to be determined and a sound …

Is there a potential role for attention bias modification in pain patients? Results of 2 randomised, controlled trials

L Sharpe, M Ianiello, BF Dear, KN Perry, K Refshauge… - Pain, 2012 - Elsevier
Potential applications of attention bias modification (ABM) for acute and chronic pain
patients are investigated. In study 1, 54 acute back pain patients (46 of whom completed the …

Cognitive bias modification procedures in the management of mental disorders

C MacLeod - Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2012 - journals.lww.com
CBM approaches have passed the proof-of-concept stage, and recent small-scale trials
attest to their likely clinical value. There is a pressing need for large-scale randomized …

Attentional processing of other's facial display of pain: An eye tracking study

T Vervoort, Z Trost, KM Prkachin, SC Mueller - PAIN®, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the role of observer pain catastrophizing and personal pain
experience as possible moderators of attention to varying levels of facial pain expression in …

[HTML][HTML] The psychometric properties of the dot-probe paradigm when used in pain-related attentional bias research

BF Dear, L Sharpe, MK Nicholas, K Refshauge - The Journal of Pain, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing acknowledgment of the need for psychometric
data regarding the dot-probe paradigm. The aim of the present study was to provide some …

Children's selective attention to pain and avoidance behaviour: the role of child and parental catastrophizing about pain

T Vervoort, Z Trost, DML Van Ryckeghem - PAIN®, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study investigated selective attention to pain in children, its implications for child
avoidance behaviour, and the moderating role of dimensions comprising child and parental …

Conversion disorder in children and adolescents: a disorder of cognitive control

K Kozlowska, DM Palmer, KJ Brown… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess cognitive function in children and adolescents presenting with acute
conversion symptoms. Methods Fifty‐seven participants aged 8.5–18 years (41 girls and 16 …