This review provides an overview of the most prominent neurocognitive effects of cognitive bias modification (CBM), cue-exposure therapy and mindfulness interventions for targeting addictive responses. It highlights the key insights that have stemmed from cognitive neuroscience and brain imaging research and combines these with insights from behavioural science in building a conceptual model...
Danielle Phinette Aafke Bos, Mike Keesman, Arent Roggeveen et al.
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In an online study using a balanced placebo design, we examined whether decentering, a key component of mindfulness, and expectations, a key component of placebo effects, contribute additively or interactively to reducing anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 128 adults were randomly assigned to one of four groups: told effective/mindful decentering, told effective/sham decentering, told...