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The serotonin transporter gene alters sensitivity to attention bias modification: evidence for a plasticity gene.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Dec 2011
Fox Elaine, Zougkou Konstantina, Ridgewell Anna, Garner Kelly
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Attention bias modification (ABM) procedures have been shown to modify biased attention with important implications for emotional vulnerability and resilience. The use of ABM to reduce potentially toxic biases, for instance, is a newly emerging therapy for anxiety disorders. A separate line of gene-by-environment interaction research proposes that many so-called vulnerability genes or risk alleles are...
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