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.
Daniel Eric Schoth +3 more
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The effects of attentional bias modification on emotion regulation [PDF]
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 2019 In two experiments, we investigated the effects of Attentional Bias Modification (ABM) on emotion regulation, i.e. the manner in which people influence emotional experiences. We hypothesized that decreases in attentional bias to threat would impair upregulation and improve downregulation of negative emotions, while increases in attentional bias to ...
Bram Van Bockstaele +2 more
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Effect of attention bias modification on depressive affect
Scientific ReportsCognitive interventions targeting depressive mood and major depressive disorder have emerged as a critical focus in mental health research. While studies on anxiety disorders, social phobia, eating disorders, and addiction have consistent findings ...
Nazende Öksüz Özdemir, Serhat Yüksel
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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
Janika Heitmann +3 more
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Seeking neutral: A VR-based person-identity-matching task for attentional bias modification – A randomised controlled experiment [PDF]
Internet Interventions, 2020 Background: Attentional bias modification (ABM) aims to reduce anxiety by attenuating bias towards threatening information. The current study incorporated virtual reality (VR) technology and 3-dimensional stimuli with a person-identity-matching (PIM ...
Lichen Ma +6 more
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The therapeutic potential of attentional bias modification training for insomnia: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Trials, 2018 Background The efficacy of attentional bias modification (ABM) as a treatment for anxiety and depression has been extensively studied with promising results.
Umair Akram +7 more
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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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Attentional bias modification training for insomnia: A double-blind placebo controlled randomized trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Attentional bias toward sleep-related information is believed to play a key role in insomnia. If attentional bias is indeed of importance, changing this bias should then in turn have effects on insomnia complaints. In this double-blind placebo controlled
Jaap Lancee +5 more
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Effect of attentional bias modification on pre-competition anxiety in athletes [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundUnder high-pressure situations, such as crucial games, some athletes often underperform. This is the case even for exceptional athletes in critical moments of competition. Athletes often experience performance anxiety, which creates attentional
Jing Zhao +4 more
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Attentional bias modification in reducing test anxiety vulnerability: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2018 Background A tendency to selectively process a threat to positive information may be involved in the etiology of anxiety disorders. The aim of this study is to examine whether attentional bias modification (ABM) can be used to modify high test-anxiety ...
Wenpeng Cai +6 more
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