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@article{citeulike:1291081, abstract = {Attentional biases for emotional stimuli and general orienting processes were examined in bipolar disorder, using a modified dot-probe task with a spatial cueing paradigm incorporated in it. Bipolar patients in a euthymic state (i.e., remission), bipolar patients in a mildly depressed state, and non-psychiatric controls participated. General orienting results showed that within the patient group as a whole, measures of depressed mood were positively associated with a relative inability to disengage attention. Attentional bias results showed that bipolar patients in a mildly depressed state, in comparison with controls, directed their attention away from depression-related words and positive words. The bias away from positive words was equally present in both patient groups and part of a trait effect, demonstrated by the comparison of patients in a euthymic state and controls. The bias away from depression-related words was mood state-dependent and within the patient group as a whole correlated negatively with measures of depressed mood. It is proposed that biases for emotional stimuli are related to the transition of mood states, characteristic for bipolar disorder.}, address = {Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.}, author = {Jongen, E. M. and Smulders, F. T. and Ranson, S. M. and Arts, B. M. and Krabbendam, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {1291081}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.10.007}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17107657}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17107657}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.10.007}, issn = {0005-7916}, journal = {J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry}, keywords = {attentional-bias, depression}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {168--183}, posted-at = {2007-05-12 06:07:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Attentional bias and general orienting processes in bipolar disorder.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.10.007}, volume = {38}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1291081 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1291081 N2 - Attentional biases for emotional stimuli and general orienting processes were examined in bipolar disorder, using a modified dot-probe task with a spatial cueing paradigm incorporated in it. Bipolar patients in a euthymic state (i.e., remission), bipolar patients in a mildly depressed state, and non-psychiatric controls participated. General orienting results showed that within the patient group as a whole, measures of depressed mood were positively associated with a relative inability to disengage attention. Attentional bias results showed that bipolar patients in a mildly depressed state, in comparison with controls, directed their attention away from depression-related words and positive words. The bias away from positive words was equally present in both patient groups and part of a trait effect, demonstrated by the comparison of patients in a euthymic state and controls. The bias away from depression-related words was mood state-dependent and within the patient group as a whole correlated negatively with measures of depressed mood. It is proposed that biases for emotional stimuli are related to the transition of mood states, characteristic for bipolar disorder. IS - 2 JF - J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry SN - 0005-7916 AD - Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. EP - 183 TI - Attentional bias and general orienting processes in bipolar disorder. VL - 38 SP - 168 KW - attentional-bias KW - depression AU - Jongen, EM AU - Smulders, FT AU - Ranson, SM AU - Arts, BM AU - Krabbendam, L PY - 2007/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.10.007 ER -