ATTENTIONAL BIAS: “WHAT I BELIEVE IS TRUE” ATTENTIONAL BIAS: “WHAT I BELIEVE IS TRUE”
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Abstract
The attentional bias involves the tendency to pay attention to some things while simultaneously
ignoring others. This impacts not only the things that we perceive in the environment, but the decisions that
we make based upon our perceptions. A wealth of research demonstrates attentional biases toward threat
in the emotion and anxiety disorders. In this paper, authors reviewed research articles concerning the
definition, concept, moderators characteristics, assessment, and include training methods to minimize
attention bias to helping those with emotional disorders, the development of awareness to better decision-
making process.
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