Less than meets the eye: Reappraising the clinical relevance of attentional bias in addiction

Christiansen, Paul; Schoenmakers, Tim M.; Field, Matt

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.005

Less than meets the eye: Reappraising the clinical relevance of attentional bias in addiction

Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in attentional bias in addiction, particularly its clinical relevance. Specifically, numerous articles claimed to demonstrate either that (1) attentional bias measured in treatment settings could predict subsequent relapse to substance use, or (2) d…