A large body of research has demonstrated that affective disorders are characterized by
attentional biases for emotional stimuli. However, this research relies heavily on manual …

Context Cognitive theories of anxiety-and fear-related pathology suggest that individuals
with these forms of pathology (versus those without) exhibit greater threat-related attentional …

A variety of methodological paradigms, including dot probe and eye movement tasks, have
been used to examine attentional biases to threat in anxiety disorders. Unfortunately, little …

Theoretical frameworks of anxiety propose that attentional biases to threat-related stimuli
cause or maintain anxious states. The current paper draws on theoretical frameworks and …

BACKGROUND: Excessive fear of scrutiny is a defining feature of social anxiety disorder.
Eye contact may trigger feelings of being scrutinized, and although eye contact is commonly …

Objective Attention biases for threat may reflect an early risk marker for anxiety disorders.
Yet questions remain regarding the direction and time-course of anxiety-linked biased …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) have partly overlapping
symptoms. Gaze avoidance has been linked to both SAD and ASD, but little is known about …

OBJECTIVE: Conceptual models and predictors of choking under pressure (ie, choking)
have been proposed, but the role of fear of negative evaluation remains largely unknown …

In this review of research concerning anxiety-linked attentional bias, we seek to illustrate a
general principle that we contend applies across the breadth of experimental …

Attentional deployment is an emotion regulation strategy that involves shifting attentional
focus. Deploying attention to non-arousing, compared to arousing, regions of unpleasant …