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attentional bias: a standalone construct

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Clinical psychology

the tendency of anxious people to direct attention selectively toward threatening information.

In clinical psychology, attentional bias refers to the tendency of anxious people to direct attention selectively toward threatening information. This meaning comes from MacLeod (1986) in Journal of Abnormal Psychology.[1]

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References

MacLeod, C., Mathews, A., & Tata, P. (1986). Attentional bias in emotional disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95(1), 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843x.95.1.15

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