Behavioral and physiological bases of attentional biases: Paradigms, participants, and stimuli

• Main Author: Daniela M. Pfabigan (auth)
• Other Authors: Ulrich S. Tran (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; attentional ERPs; Dot-probe task; Depression; Anxiety; bias indices; attentional bias
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Attentional biases (ABs) play a prominent role in the development and maintenance of clinically relevant symptoms of, for example, anxiety and depression. In particular, increased attentional orienting and preoccupation with biologically relevant and mood-congruent stimuli has been observed, suggest...