Search for dissertations about: "Attentional bias"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Attentional bias.

  2. 1. In search of the missing bias : Virtual reality based attentional bias modification for social anxiety

    Author : Lichen Ma; Per Carlbring; Martien Schrooten; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attentional bias; attentional bias modification; social anxiety; virtual reality; dot-probe; attentional training; mixed reality; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Attentional bias modification (ABM) aims to attenuate social anxiety by directly modifying the underlying bias that generates and maintains problematic anxiety. Mixed results from previous ABM studies have spurred efforts to boost its effectiveness by introducing more robust bias modification protocols and new technologies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Anxiety and attentional bias : studies with the emotional stroop task

    Author : Jenny Wikström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive psychology; Attention; Fear; Anxiety; Kognitiv psykologi; Ångest; Rädsla; Uppmärksamhet;

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  5. 3. Cognitive-behavioral treatment and theory in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Author : Nenad Paunović; Terence Keane; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; acute PTSD; crime victims; prevention; chronic PTSD; refugees; cognitive-behavior therapy; exposure therapy; Stroop task; attentional and memory bias; preattentive bias; face recognition.; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The present dissertation contains four empirical studies. The first two investigated the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral (CBT) treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by randomizing patients to two different groups. The last two are experimental studies that tested parts of the cognitive theory of PTSD. READ MORE

  6. 4. Biological Aspects of Peripartum Depression

    Author : Åsa Edvinsson; Inger Sundström Poromaa; Helena Åkerud; Jocelien Olivier; Charlotte Hellgren; Isis Amer-Wåhlin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Peripartum depression; antenatal depression; postpartum depression; antidepressant treatment; selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; SSRI; pregnancy; postpartum; attentional bias; Emotional Stroop Task; inflammatory markers; proximity extension assay; placenta; gene expression; TaqMan low-density array; protein expression; immunohistochemistry; HTR1A; NPY2R;

    Abstract : Peripartum depression affects around 12% of women in pregnancy and postpartum, and about 2–3% of European pregnant women use antidepressants, mostly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). An increased risk of poor pregnancy outcomes has been described in women with antenatal depression and SSRI treatment during pregnancy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Finding an emotional face in a crowd and the role of threat-biased attention in social anxiety

    Author : Pernilla Juth; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The evolutionary perspective on the functionality of prioritizing efficient threat detection (Öhman, 1986, 1993) provided the foundation for a hypothesis of an attentional bias for preferential detection of angry faces in a group of faces. Furthermore, an evolutionary analysis implied that such a threat bias would be enhanced in socially anxious individuals, whose bias for detecting threat in faces would be potentiated by their increased sensitivity for facial signals of social dominance. READ MORE