Background: Interpretation bias, which involves interpreting ambiguous social events
negatively and catastrophising even mildly negative social events, has been suggested as a …

Prominent cognitive theories postulate that an attentional bias toward threatening
information contributes to the etiology, maintenance, or exacerbation of fear and anxiety. In …

Although the everyday decision-making of clinically anxious individuals is clearly influenced
by their excessive fear and worry, the relationship between anxiety and decision-making …

In this paper, we examine whether affect influences higher level cognitive processes. We
review research on the effect of emotion on interpretation, judgement, decision making, and …

Research on social anxiety and social anxiety disorder has proliferated over the years since
the explication of the disorder through cognitive-behavioral models. This review highlights a …

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Consistent research evidence supports the existence of threat-relevant cognitive bias in
anxiety, but there remains controversy about which stages of information processing are …

Cognitive models of anxiety disorders and unipolar depression have postulated that
selective information processing plays an important role in the development and …

People's affective or emotional state can alter their cognitive processing, biasing
interpretation of ambiguous stimuli. Those in a more positive state interpret such stimuli in a …

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