Implicit memory bias for threat-relevant information in individuals with generalized social phobia

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作者
Amir, N [1 ]
Foa, EB
Coles, ME
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Psychol, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Dept Psychiat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Temple Univ, Dept Psychol, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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10.1037/0021-843X.109.4.713
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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The authors used a noise judgment task to investigate implicit memory bias for threat in individuals with generalized social phobia (GSP). Participants first heard neutral sentences (e.g.. "The manual tells you how to set up the tent.") and social-threat sentences (e.g., "The classmate asks you to go for drinks."). Implicit memory for these sentences was then tested by asking participants to rate the volume of noise accompanying the presentation of these "old" sentences intermixed with "new" sentences that had not been previously presented. Implicit memory for old sentences is revealed when participants rate the noise accompanying old sentences as less loud than the noise accompanying new sentences. Those with GSP demonstrated an implicit memory bias for social-threat sentences, whereas controls did not. This differential priming effect suggests that information about threat may be automatically accessed in GSP.
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