Attentional bias

Attentional bias refers to how a person's perception is affected by selective factors in their attention.[1] Attentional biases may explain an individual's failure to consider alternative possibilities when occupied with an existing train of thought.[2] For example, cigarette smokers have been shown to possess an attentional bias for smoking-related cues around them, due to their brain's altered reward sensitivity.[3] Attentional bias has also been associated with clinically relevant symptoms such as anxiety and depression.[4]

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