The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat

The role of attention bias in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders has been studied extensively over decades. Attention bias reflects maladaptation in cognitive processing, as perceived threatening stimuli receive prioritized processing even when they are task-irrelevant or factually un...

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Main Authors:	Elinor Abado, Tatjana Aue, Hadas Okon-Singer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:	Brain Sciences
Subjects:	attention bias expectancy attention bias modification anxiety disorders emotion
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/10/745

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spelling	doaj-da9001391f614fc6b7ba8d234b1482802020-11-25T03:53:25ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252020-10-011074574510.3390/brainsci10100745The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward ThreatElinor Abado0Tatjana Aue1Hadas Okon-Singer2School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, 3498838 Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, SwitzerlandSchool of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, 3498838 Haifa, IsraelThe role of attention bias in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders has been studied extensively over decades. Attention bias reflects maladaptation in cognitive processing, as perceived threatening stimuli receive prioritized processing even when they are task-irrelevant or factually unthreatening. Recently, there has been some interest in the role of a-priori expectancies in attention bias toward threat. The current review article will present recent studies as examples that emphasize the need for more comprehensive research about the interactive effects of various factors that affect the relationship between expectancies and attention bias toward threatening stimuli in anxiety. The current review article suggests a holistic view, which advocates for more integrative research, as a dynamic network could underlie changes in attention bias. The study of the interaction between such factors, with a focus on expectancy, can lead to more ecological and clinically important results, and thus to more informed and fine-tuned treatments that are based on manipulation of expectancies. Such methods, in turn, can also help in shedding light on the research of attention bias, in a mutual relationship between research and therapy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/10/745attention biasexpectancy attention bias modificationanxiety disordersemotion
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title	The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat
title_short	The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat
title_full	The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat
title_fullStr	The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat
title_full_unstemmed	The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat
title_sort	missing pieces of the puzzle: a review on the interactive nature of a-priori expectancies and attention bias toward threat
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Brain Sciences
issn	2076-3425
publishDate	2020-10-01
description	The role of attention bias in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders has been studied extensively over decades. Attention bias reflects maladaptation in cognitive processing, as perceived threatening stimuli receive prioritized processing even when they are task-irrelevant or factually unthreatening. Recently, there has been some interest in the role of a-priori expectancies in attention bias toward threat. The current review article will present recent studies as examples that emphasize the need for more comprehensive research about the interactive effects of various factors that affect the relationship between expectancies and attention bias toward threatening stimuli in anxiety. The current review article suggests a holistic view, which advocates for more integrative research, as a dynamic network could underlie changes in attention bias. The study of the interaction between such factors, with a focus on expectancy, can lead to more ecological and clinically important results, and thus to more informed and fine-tuned treatments that are based on manipulation of expectancies. Such methods, in turn, can also help in shedding light on the research of attention bias, in a mutual relationship between research and therapy.
topic	attention bias expectancy attention bias modification anxiety disorders emotion
url	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/10/745
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The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Review on the Interactive Nature of A-Priori Expectancies and Attention Bias toward Threat

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