The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat

The role of attention bias in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders has been studied extensively over decades. Attention bias reflects maladaptation in cognitive processing, as perceived threatening stimuli receive prioritized processing even when they are task-irrelevant or factually un...

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Main Authors: Elinor Abado, Tatjana Aue, Hadas Okon-Singer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/10/745