Nader Amir, Ph.D.
Pronouns: Nader
Professor of Psychology
College of Sciences
Department of Psychology
San Diego
- namir@sdsu.edu
- Phone
- 619-594-8494
- Office Hours
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By Appointment
- Location
- ARPC 301/8
6363 Alvarado Ct.
San Diego, CA 92120-4913 - Mail Code
- 1863
- Fax
- (619) 594-1332
- Links
- Website
- Accounts
Areas of Expertise
Experimental Psychopathology with an emphasis on Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Disturbances, Attentional Bias
Bio
The focus of Dr. Amir’s recent research has been on the application of the findings from experimental psychopathology to devise interventions for these disorders. For example, he has found that a computerized intervention designed to change attention bias in individuals with social anxiety is as effective as medication or cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in ameliorating symptoms of social phobia. Moreover, the same intervention delivered as an acute, one session training, is effective in reducing response to a social challenge, i.e., public speaking task, in socially anxious individuals.