Anxiety and Attentional Bias

Bar-Haim, Y., Lamy, D., Pergamin, L., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2007). Threat-related attentional bias in anxious and nonanxious individuals: A meta-analytic study. Psychological Bulletin, 133(1), 1–24.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17201568/
Cisler, J. M., & Koster, E. H. W. (2010). Mechanisms of attentional biases towards threat in anxiety disorders: An integrative review. Clinical Psychology Review, 30(2), 203–216.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20005616/

Shi, C., Taylor, S., Witthöft, M., et al. (2022). Attentional bias toward health-threat in health anxiety: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 52(4), 604–613.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35341486/
Heeren, A., & McNally, R. J. (2016). An integrative network approach to social anxiety disorder: The complex dynamic interplay among attentional bias for threat, attentional control, and symptoms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 42, 95–104.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27395806/
Bantin, T., Stevens, S., Gerlach, A. L., & Hermann, C. (2016). What does the facial dot-probe task tell us about attentional processes in social anxiety? A systematic review. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 40–51.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26042381/

What is Neurofeedback?

Sitaram R, et al. (2017). Closed-loop brain training: the science of neurofeedback. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 18, 86–100.
Strong overview of neurofeedback mechanisms, learning, self-regulation, and methodological issues.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28003656/

Enriquez-Geppert S, Huster RJ, Herrmann CS. (2017). EEG-Neurofeedback as a Tool to Modulate Cognition and Behavior: A Review Tutorial. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 51.
Useful for EEG neurofeedback basics, protocols, frequency-band training, and operant conditioning.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28275344/

Micoulaud-Franchi JA, et al. (2015). EEG neurofeedback treatments in children with ADHD: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 1019.
One of the commonly cited ADHD meta-analyses.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25610309/

Voigt JD, Mosier M, Tendler A. (2024). Systematic review and meta-analysis of neurofeedback and its effect on posttraumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1323485.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38577405/

EEG Neurofeedback for Major Depressive Disorder: A Scoping Review (2026).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42416194/