Attentional bias modification facilitates attentional control mechanisms: Evidence from eye tracking

Chen, Nigel T.M.; Clarke, Patrick J.F.; Watson, Tamara L.; MacLeod, Colin; Guastella, Adam J.

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.12.002

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Attentional bias modification facilitates attentional control mechanisms: Evidence from eye tracking

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Chen, Nigel T.M., Clarke, Patrick J.F., Watson, Tamara L., MacLeod, Colin, Guastella, Adam J.·2015·Biological Psychology

DOI 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.12.002

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Social anxiety is thought to be maintained by biased attentional processing towards threatening information. Research has further shown that the experimental attenuation of this bias, through the implementation of attentional bias modification (ABM), may serve to reduce social anxiety vulnerability. However, the mechanisms underlying ABM remain unclear. The present study examined whether inhibitory attentional control was associated with ABM. A non-clinical sample of participants was randomly assigned to receive either ABM or a placebo task. To assess pre-post changes in attentional control, participants were additionally administered an emotional antisaccade task. ABM participants exhibited a subsequent shift in attentional bias away from threat as expected. ABM participants further showed a subsequent decrease in antisaccade cost, indicating a general facilitation of inhibitory attentional control. Mediational analysis revealed that the shift in attentional bias following ABM was independent to the change in attentional control. The findings suggest that the mechanisms of ABM are multifaceted.

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Authors: Chen, N. T. M., Clarke, P. J. F., Watson, T. L., MacLeod, C., & Guastella, A. J.
Affiliations: The University of Sydney (AU)
The University of Western Australia (AU)
Western Sydney University (AU)
Corresponding author: Chen, Nigel T.M.
ORCID: Chen, Nigel T.M.
Clarke, Patrick J.F.
Watson, Tamara L.
MacLeod, Colin
Guastella, Adam J.
Venue: Biological Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2015-01
Volume: 104
Pages: 139-146
ISSN: 0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.12.002
OpenAlex: W2062573639
Cited by: 49
References: 50
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3
FWCI: 6.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
hdl.handle.net
Licence: cc-by
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders: Australian Research Council (ARC) (LP110200562)
Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS – UEFISCDI
ARC (DP110102173)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Keywords: attentional bias modification, social anxiety, attentional control, inhibitory control, threat processing, placebo effect
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Attention, Emotions, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Male, Thinking, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Young Adult

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