Reducing anxiety and attentional bias with reward association learning and attentional bias modification [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The current study examined the effects of a reward associative learning procedure and the traditional threat-avoidance ABM paradigm on anxiety and attentional bias. In reward training, participants were given high rewards for correct responses to neutral
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Attentional Bias Modification in Virtual Reality – A VR-Based Dot-Probe Task With 2D and 3D Stimuli [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 BackgroundAttentional bias modification (ABM) aims to reduce anxiety by attenuating bias toward threatening information. The current study incorporated virtual reality (VR) technology and three-dimensional stimuli with a dot-probe task to evaluate the ...
Lichen Ma +6 more
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Subliminal attentional bias modification training for itch [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionItch is unpleasant and induces the urge to scratch. This is adaptive to remove the itch-inducing stimulus from the skin. Accordingly, itch draws attention to protect our bodily integrity.
Jennifer M. Becker +9 more
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Attentional bias modification for chocolate: Sham-n training as a new control group. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Although attentional bias modification has been shown effective in several appetitive domains, results have been mixed. A major contributor seems to be the choice of control condition.
Eva Kemps, Marika Tiggemann
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Application of attentional bias modification to reduce attentional bias and emotional reactivity to stress in mildly depressed individuals [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 This study aims to verify the effectiveness of attentional bias modification (ABM) in reducing attentional bias related to depression, particularly in the later stages of attention as a pattern of difficulty in disengagement from depression-relevant ...
Soojung Baek, SoSeo Ha, Jang-Han Lee
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Predictive Attentional Bias Modification Induces Stimulus-Evoked Attentional Bias for Threat [PDF]
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2019 Attentional Bias Modification (ABM) aims to modulate attentional biases, but questions remain about its efficacy and there may be new variants yet to explore.
Thomas E. Gladwin +2 more
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Effectiveness of attentional bias modification training as add-on to regular treatment in alcohol and cannabis use disorder: A multicenter randomized control trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundAttentional bias for substance-relevant cues has been found to contribute to the persistence of addiction. Attentional bias modification (ABM) interventions might, therefore, increase positive treatment outcome and reduce relapse rates.
Janika Heitmann +9 more
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The influence of single-session reward-based attentional bias modification on attentional biases towards threat as measured by the N2pc component [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Attentional biases toward threatening faces have repeatedly been studied in the context of social anxiety, with etiological theories suggesting exacerbated biases as a possible cause for the latter.
Susan Kang, Roman Osinsky
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Internet-delivered attentional bias modification training (iABMT) for the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2020 IntroductionChronic musculoskeletal pain is a complex medical condition that can significantly impact quality of life. Patients with chronic pain demonstrate attentional biases towards pain-related information.
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The effectiveness of attentional bias modification for substance use disorder symptoms in adults: a systematic review [PDF]
Systematic Reviews, 2018 Background Attentional bias modification (ABM) interventions have been developed to address addiction by reducing attentional bias for substance-related cues. This study provides a systematic review of the effectiveness of ABM interventions in decreasing
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