Psychiatry and Psychology

Attentional Bias

An increased focus or awareness of certain stimuli over others, which influence behavior.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

An increased focus or awareness of certain stimuli over others, which influence behavior.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Attentional Biases
  • Biased Attention
  • Attention, Biased
  • Bias, Attentional
  • Biases, Attentional

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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History Note

2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Attention (1980-2016)

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  1. F02w.830w.104w.214w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Attentional Bias. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000070379. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000070379
  2. Attentional Bias. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentional_bias
  3. Attentional Bias. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10392227