ArticleRoyal Society open science2017
Cognitive bias modification for facial interpretation: a randomized controlled trial of transfer to self-report and cognitive measures in a healthy sample.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Magnitude of the Digital Placebo Effect and Its Moderators on Generalized Anxiety Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of face interpretation training on social anxiety symptoms.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Testing the Effectiveness of a Gamified Emotional Cognitive Bias Modification Task as an Intervention for Low Mood: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
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- Effect of facial emotion recognition learning transfers across emotions.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Emotional Recognition Training Enhances Attention to Emotional Stimuli Among Male Juvenile Delinquents.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Cognitive bias modification for facial interpretation: a randomized controlled trial of transfer to self-report and cognitive measures in a healthy sample.Royal Society open science · 2017Article
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Abstract
Cognitive bias modification is a potential low-intensity intervention for mood disorders, but previous studies have shown mixed success. This study explored whether facial interpretation bias modification (FIBM), a similar paradigm designed to shift emotional interpretation (and/or perception) of faces would transfer to: (i) self-reported symptoms and (ii) a battery of cognitive tasks. In a preregistered, double-blind randomized controlled trial, healthy participants received eight online sessions of FIBM (
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