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

A wealth of research demonstrates attentional biases toward threat in the anxiety disorders.
Several models have been advanced to explain these biases in anxiety, yet the mechanisms …

Cognitive biases have been theorized to play a critical role in the onset and maintenance of
anxiety and depression. Cognitive bias modification (CBM), an experimental paradigm that …

The neurovisceral integration model posits that cardiac vagal tone, indexed by heart rate
variability (HRV), can indicate the functional integrity of the neural networks implicated in …

A recent paradigm shift in systems neuroscience is the division of the human brain into
functional networks. Functional networks are collections of brain regions with strongly …

We present an evidence-based model of pathological worry in which worry arises from an
interaction between involuntary (bottom-up) processes, such as habitual biases in attention …

Biases of emotional attention are believed to be central to human (mal) adaptation and
multiple forms of psychopathology. Yet fundamental questions remain regarding the nature …

The authors conducted a meta-analysis to determine the magnitude of older and younger
adults' preferences for emotional stimuli in studies of attention and memory. Analyses …

Although research has consistently revealed the presence of a general attentional bias
towards threat, empirical and theoretical ambiguity exists in determining whether attentional …

Background Computerized cognitive bias modification for social anxiety disorder has in
several well conducted trials shown great promise with as many as 72% no longer fulfilling …