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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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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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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A review of attentional bias modification trainings for depression [PDF]
CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics, 2023 AbstractNegative attentional bias is a basic character of depression. The attentional bias modification training (ABMT), being a highly promising and easy‐to‐use depression intervention technique, has attracted much attention to alleviate depressive symptoms in recent years. However, the effectiveness of ABMT programs was mixed across studies, since it
Xueli Cai, Xiujuan Jing, Yifeng Wang
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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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The effect of attentional bias modification on positive affect dynamics [PDF]
Scientific ReportsNegative attentional bias and alterations in positive affect dynamics constitute emotional vulnerability to depression. Attentional bias modification (ABM) aims to reduce emotional vulnerability to depression by fostering attentional deployment towards ...
Brage Kraft +3 more
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Attentional Bias Modification Training for Itch: A Proof-of-Principle Study in Healthy Individuals [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Itch draws our attention to allow imposing action against bodily harm (e.g., remove insects). At the same time, itch is found to interfere with ongoing tasks and daily life goals.
Antoinette I. M. van Laarhoven +10 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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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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