Cognitive bias modification of attention is less effective under working memory load
| Autor: | Bundy Mackintosh, Robert W. Booth, Sirous Mobini, Samantha Nunn, Pinar Oztop |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Işık Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü, Işık University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Booth, Robert William |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cognitive bias modification
Generalized anxiety disorder Vulnerability Activation Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Attentional bias Anxiety medicine Low load Threat Stimuli Smokers Home environment Working memory Individuals Emotional disorders medicine.disease Clinical Psychology Modification program Selective attention medicine.symptom Psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Popis: | Cognitive bias modification for attentional bias (CBM-A) attempts to alleviate anxiety by training an attentional bias away from threat. Several authors have argued that CBM-A in fact trains top-down, reactive counteraction of the tendency to orient towards threat. Imposing a working memory (WM) load during training should therefore limit its efficacy, since WM resources are required for goal-driven control of attention. Twenty-eight subclinical high-anxious participants completed two sessions of CBM-A or placebo training: one under a high WM load, and one under a low WM load. Attentional bias was assessed after each training. CBM-A produced an attentional bias away from threat under low load, but not under high load. These results suggest CBM-A trains top-down counteraction of orienting to threat. It also suggests the administration of CBM-A in the home environment may be affected by everyday worries and distractions. Publisher's Version |
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