Selective Attention to Threat in Childhood Anxiety: Evidence from Visual Probe Paradigms

This chapter contains sections titled: Attentional Bias in Anxiety: Predictions from Cognitive Models Indices of Initial Orienting to Threat: The Visual Probe Task (Dot Probe) Evidence in Adult Samples Evidence in Child and Adolescent Samples Spatial Cueing Tasks – Evidence of Delayed Disengagement from Threat Extending the use of visual probe methods in children – implications from studies in adults Concurrent Neuroimaging: Implications for Neuro-Cognitive Models Attention Control and Selective Attention to Threat in Anxiety The Effects of Psychological Treatment on Biases in Selective Attention Attention Training Using Visual Probe Paradigms: Clinical Implications Summary References