The last ten years of attention research have witnessed a revolution, replacing a theoretical
dichotomy (top-down vs. bottom-up control) with a trichotomy (biased by current goals …

Although humans can voluntarily direct their attention to particular stimuli, attention can at
times be involuntarily allocated to stimuli and such attentional capture can result in …

In the current article, we examined the impact of two home-delivered attentional-bias-
modification (ABM) programs on a biomarker of anxiety (ie, the error-related negativity …

Tasks that involve more demanding cognitive operations, such as working memory
maintenance and rule switching, tend to be perceived as effortful. People will make choices …

Abstract Serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a key neurotransmitter for the modulation
and/or regulation of numerous physiological processes and psychiatric disorders (eg …

A rapid detection and processing of relevant information in our environment is crucial for
survival. The human eyes are drawn to social or threatening stimuli as they may carry …

What we pay attention to is influenced by both reward learning and aversive conditioning.
Although early attention tends to be biased toward aversively conditioned stimuli, sustained …

Events in life can be perceived to be under our own control, or to occur independently from
our will, two psychological styles known as “internal” vs “external locus-of-control” …

Attentional bias to threat (ABT) refers to the tendency to more rapidly orient attention to
threatening stimuli, as compared to neutral or pleasant stimuli. Issues with the reliability of …

Evidence for implicit aversive learning effects has been criticized for its lack of experimental
rigor and statistical reliability. Here we examine whether attentional emotional responses to …