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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"cognitive bias"”.
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Cognitive Bias Modification & Exercise
… complex relationship between mental well-being, cognitive bias and physical exercise. The introduction of this thesis begins with a perspective of the relationship between cognitive interpretation bias, physical exercise and mental well-being, specifically anxiety. The thesis begins with two …
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Vulnerability to depression and cognitive bias modification
Background and Aims. Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) has been found to be effective in promoting positive interpretations and mood in adults, including those with symptoms of depression and anxiety. However, only four studies have been conducted in adolescent populations. This study therefore …
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Manipulation of Positive Perception of Others Through Cognitive Bias Modification
… study is designed to assess the effect of Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretation (CBM-I) on positive perception of others (PPO). Past research has shown that there are consistent individual differences in interpersonal perception that are associated with important life outcomes …
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Cognitive bias modification-attention: training at home with multiple sessions
… States (Beard, 2011). One type of treatment, Cognitive Bias Modification for Attention (CBM-A), has been shown to be an effective alternative for those who do not benifit other popular treatments (Ballinger, 2004). People with high levels of anxiety have a higher attention bias towards …
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Social Behavior and Cognitive Bias in the Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris)
… in this regard. Finally, I investigate potential cognitive underpinnings of canine aggression toward conspecifics. I compared dogs’ judgement bias (the tendency to treat an ambiguous stimulus as predicting a positive vs. negative outcome) in a spatial discrimination task to individual differences …
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Pharmacological Reversal of Cognitive Bias in The Chick Anxiety-Depression Continuum Model
Cognitive bias is a phenomenon that presents in clinical populations where anxious individuals tend to adopt a more pessimistic interpretation of ambiguous aversive stimuli and depressed individuals not only tend to adopt a more pessimistic interpretation of ambiguous aversive stimuli, but also a …
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Cognitive bias in the rubric evaluation of student performance in standards-based grading models
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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Development of a Smartphone Intervention for Cognitive Bias Modification in Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence
… follows the development of a smartphone-based cognitive bias modification training, which heavy drinkers and patients treated for alcohol dependence can access for at-home use. Method: Several versions of a smartphone-based alcohol approach avoidance training (AAT) were developed and tested …
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The effects of media exposure on body dissatisfaction and cognitive bias in adolescent girls and boys
… is hypothesised to increase appearance-related cognitive bias and body dissatisfaction. Two socio-cultural influences, ideal internalisation and perceived pressures from the media, are postulated to be individual risk factors for these effects. Investigation of body dissatisfaction is …
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Modifying interpretation bias in adolescents with clinical levels of social phobia: An explorative case design series using Cognitive Bias Modification.
Cognitive Bias Modification for interpretation bias (CBM-I) is a procedure which has been found to successfully modify interpretation bias and anxiety symptoms. To date, very few studies have investigated the efficacy of CBM-I with adolescents. This research investigated the application of a …
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The effect of cognitive bias video instruction on high school biology student acceptance of evolution: Implications for teachers and educational leaders
<p>Cognitive biases have long been studied for their effects on an individual's decision-making. This study is the first of its kind to link these preferential thinking patterns to high school biology students' acceptance of evolution. At five urban high schools, 164 high school biology students …
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A cognitive bias modification for interpretation (CBM-I) task with individuals experiencing clinical levels of generalised anxiety: a single case series
… the efficacy of an online multi-session cognitive bias modification for interpretation (CBM-I) package for reducing worry and negative interpretive bias in individuals presenting with clinical levels of generalised anxiety. Design Single case-series using a non-concurrent …
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An experimental investigation using Cognitive Bias Modification for paranoid attributions in a non-clinical sample: Effects upon interpretation bias, emotions, and paranoia following a stressful paranoia induction.
… individuals display an ‘external-personal bias’ of blaming negative events on other people rather than situational circumstances or themselves, however, the literature remains equivocal. This study tested whether Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretations (CBM-I) could train a positive …
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A single-case series investigation of the efficacy of an internet delivered multi-session cognitive bias modification – interpretation task in a population with clinical levels of panic symptomatology.
Cognitive bias modification for interpretation bias (CBM-I) has been shown to successfully modify interpretative biases across psychological presentations including social anxiety, generalised anxiety and depression. Despite the role catastrophic misinterpretations of bodily sensations are thought …
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Investigating the efficacy of cognitive bias modification for interpretation and the Maudsley Review Training Programme on social anxiety and reasoning biases in individuals with persecutory delusions: a single case series
… 2007) implicates social anxiety and reasoning biases in the formation and maintenance of persecutory delusions. Computerised packages, such as Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I) have been shown to improve social anxiety in psychosis (Turner et al., 2011). Similarly, the …
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Cognitive Barriers to Energy Efficient Decision Making in US Coast Guard Facility Management
… and in this manuscript research focuses on cognitive bias, choice architecture, and decision making in relation to energy decisions answer this question. Potential impacts cognitive bias has on the decision maker is examined, and if it is possible to design better decision environments to …
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A feasibility study into the efficacy of a three session Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I) training, with Implementation Intentions (II), for adolescents experiencing high levels of social anxiety: A single-case series.
Previous research has found that Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I) is effective for modifying interpretation biases and reducing anxiety in adults (e.g., Mathews & Mackintosh, 2000). Beard (2011) recommended investigating the effectiveness of CBM-I in adolescents, particularly …
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Project management and the film industry value chain: the impact of cognitive biases on value creation and learning
… question: In what ways does the presence of cognitive biases impact negatively on project management decision-making in the film industry? Are there ways that biases can best be avoided or at least reduced? This thesis cites evidence that managers are consistently unable to devise ways of …
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Experimental modification of appraisal atyle in a depression vulnerable sample : the benefits of seeing the big picture
… to prevent and reduce depressive relapse. Cognitive models of depression hold that depression is caused by biases in information processing. Thus, to address depression vulnerability, it is essential to consider information processing styles that may be beneficial. One such processing style …
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