AUTHOR=Urech Antoine , Krieger Tobias , Chesham Alvin , Mast Fred W. , Berger Thomas TITLE=Virtual Reality-Based Attention Bias Modification Training for Social Anxiety: A Feasibility and Proof of Concept Study JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry VOLUME=6 YEAR=2015 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00154 DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00154 ISSN=1664-0640 ABSTRACT=
Attention bias modification (ABM) programs have been considered as a promising new approach for the treatment of various disorders, including social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, previous studies yielded ambiguous results regarding the efficacy of ABM in SAD. The present proof-of-concept study investigates the feasibility of a newly developed virtual reality (VR)-based dot-probe training paradigm. It was designed to facilitate attentional disengagement from threatening stimuli in socially anxious individuals (