For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety
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The efficacy of attention bias modification training (ABMT) for anxiety is debated, in part because individual differences in task engagement and pre-training threat bias impact training efficacy. In the present study, an engaging, gamified ABMT mobile application, or "app," was utilized in 42 (21 females) trait-anxious adults. EEG was recorded during pre- and post-training threat bias assessment to generate scalp-recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) reflecting neurocognitive responses to threat. Following app play (ABMT versus placebo), subjective anxiety and stress responses (observed and self-reported) were measured. ABMT, versus placebo, resulted in improved behavioral performance during the stress task for females, and in potentiation of the N2 ERP to threat for males, suggesting increased attention control. Training groups did not differ in self-reported anxiety. ABMT also resulted in improved performance during the stress task among those evidencing specific pre-training ERP responses: decreased P1, suggesting less attention allocation, but potentiated N170, suggesting enhanced attention selection and discrimination. Differences in behavioral threat bias did not moderate training effects. Results suggest that efficient allocation of attention to threat combined with enhanced discrimination between threat and non-threat may facilitate stress-reduction effects of ABMT. Targeting neurocognitive responses to threat to personalize ABMT and develop more effective methods of treatment delivery, such as gamification, are discussed.
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- Authors
- Dennis-Tiwary, T. A., Egan, L. J., Babkirk, S., & Denefrio, S.
- Affiliations
- City University of New York (US)
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-02
- Volume
- 77
- Pages
- 105-117
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4758525
- OpenAlex
- W2209659876
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 120
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 11.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (TR000457, MD007599)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (TR000457, MD007599)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (TR000457, MD007599)
- National Institutes of Health (TR000457, MD007599)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- attentional bias modification, anxiety, stress reduction, threat bias, individual differences, gamified mobile application, event-related potentials, N2, P1, N170, attentional control, sex differences, personalized treatment
- MeSH terms
- Attentional Bias, Adult, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Attention, Evoked Potentials, Female, Games, Experimental, Humans, Male, Reaction Time, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Young Adult, Self Report, Mobile Applications
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