Attentional alterations in alcohol dependence are underpinned by specific executive control deficits.
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Background Attentional biases and deficits play a central role in the development and maintenance of alcohol dependence, but the underlying attentional processes accounting for these deficits have been very little explored. Importantly, the differential alterations across the 3 attentional networks (alerting, orienting, and executive control) remain unclear in this pathology. Methods Thirty recently detoxified alcohol-dependent individuals and 30 paired controls completed the Attention Network Test, which allow exploring the attentional alterations specifically related to the 3 attentional networks. Results Alcohol-dependent individuals presented globally delayed reaction times compared to controls. More centrally, they showed a differential deficit across attention networks, with a preserved performance for alerting and orienting networks but impaired executive control (p Conclusions These results suggest that attentional alterations in alcohol dependence are centrally due to a specific alteration of executive control. Intervention programs focusing on executive components of attention should be promoted, and these results support the frontal lobe hypothesis.
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The common EF impairment theory is fully compatible with theories positing impairment in executive attention associated with psychopathology.
“We view this theory as fully compatible with others who have posited impairment in “executive attention” associated with psychopathology (e.g., Gooding et al., 2006; Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010; Orellana et al., 2012; Maurage et al., 2014).”
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Other attentional processes (alerting and orienting) appear to be largely unimpaired in individuals with psychopathology.
“Finally, other attentional processes (alerting and orienting) appear to be largely unimpaired in individuals with psychopathology e.g., Gooding et al., 2006; Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010; Orellana et al., 2012; Maurage et al., 2014), suggesting that deficits are not due to lower-level attentional difficulties.”
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- Authors
- Maurage, P., de Timary, P., Billieux, J., Collignon, M., & Heeren, A.
- Affiliations
- UCLouvain (BE)
- Laboratory for Experimental Psychopathology; Psychological Sciences Research Institute; Université Catholique de Louvain; Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
- Corresponding author
- Maurage, Pierre
- Venue
- Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-05-20
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 2105-2112
- ISSN
- 0145-6008 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2158786482
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 55
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- FWCI
- 5.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
- Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Belgian Fund for Scientific Research
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
- Keywords
- alcoholism, executive function, attentional networks, alerting network, orienting network, attentional bias, reaction time, detoxification
- MeSH terms
- Alcoholism, Attention, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Reaction Time, Case-Control Studies, Executive Function
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