There is substantial evidence that heightened anxiety vulnerability is characterized by
increased selective attention to threatening information. The reliability of this anxiety-linked …

Emotion is fundamental to our being, and an essential aspect guiding behavior when rapid
responding is required. This includes whether we approach or avoid a stimulus, and the …

The dot-probe task is used to measure attentional biases toward threat. However, the test–
retest reliability and validity of the task have been called into question. No studies to date …

Attention bias modification (ABM) is a potential intervention in relieving social anxiety
symptoms, while its underlying neural mechanisms are not yet understood. The current …

High social anxiety is associated with increased attentional bias, and difficulties disengaging
from relevant threat information, though social anxiety may also be associated with …

Social anxiety (SA) comprises a multitude of persistent fears around the central element of
dreaded negative evaluation and exclusion. This very common anxiety is spectrally …

It has widely been acknowledged that many psychological disorders involve difficulties with
emotion regulation. However, the majority of this work has focused on difficulties regulating …

Anxiety disorders will affect an estimated one in three Americans, significantly impacting
emotional health and quality of life. High personal and economic costs make research on …

Many studies demonstrate attentional bias to threatening stimuli in social anxiety. Several
cognitive models of anxiety propose that bottom-up and top-down processing have an …

Background and objectives: It is well known that socially anxious individuals show biased
processing towards threatening faces and better performance with low spatial frequencies …