title: Introduction to the special section on cognitive bias modification in emotional disorders.
abstract: Cognitive models of anxiety disorders and unipolar depression have postulated that selective information processing plays an important role in the development and maintenance of emotional psychopathology. Cognitive bias modification (CBM) procedures have recently been developed to test this theoretical claim. The purpose of this special section is to introduce the central ideas underlying CBM and to bring together the research that exemplifies the theoretical and clinical potential of the CBM approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. ernst.koster@ugent.be
authors.forename: Ernst H W
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Koster
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015982:Bias; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012720:Severity of Illness Index