Research on attention bias modification (ABM) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) is
inconclusive, with some studies finding clear positive effects and other studies finding no …

Anxiety vulnerability and dysfunction are characterized by an attentional bias to threat.
Cognitive training procedures designed to modify selective attentional responding to threat …

Depression is a global health problem requiring treatment innovation. Targeting neglected
cognitive aspects may provide a useful route. We tested a cognitive-training paradigm using …

Despite the established evidence for threat-related attention bias in anxiety, the mechanisms
underlying this bias remain unclear. One important unresolved question is whether disorder …

Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in attentional bias in addiction, particularly
its clinical relevance. Specifically, numerous articles claimed to demonstrate either that (1) …

Background Attention bias modification treatment (ABMT) is a novel treatment for anxiety
disorders. Although a number of other meta‐analytic reviews exist, the purpose of the …

Cognitive theories of depression posit that selective attention for negative information
contributes to the maintenance of depression. The current study experimentally tested this …

Background Despite accumulating research and bold claims about the efficacy of cognitive
bias modification (CBM) for young populations, no meta‐analysis has attempted to …

Attentional biases to threat are thought to play a central role in the development and
maintenance of anxiety disorders. Various measures have been developed to index these …

Attention bias modification training (ABMT) is a promising treatment for anxiety disorders.
Recent evidence suggests that attention training towards positive stimuli, using visual …