When we should worry more: using cognitive bias modification to drive adaptive health behaviour.

A lack of behavioural engagement in health promotion or disease prevention is a problem across many health domains. In these cases where people face a genuine danger, a reduced focus on threat and low levels of anxiety or worry are maladaptive in terms of promoting protection or prevention behaviour...

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Main Authors: Lies Notebaert, Jessica Chrystal, Patrick J F Clarke, Emily A Holmes, Colin MacLeod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3885669?pdf=render