Validation of a novel attentional bias modification task: The future may be in the cards

L Notebaert, PJF Clarke, B Grafton… - Behaviour Research and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Attentional bias modification (ABM) is a promising therapeutic tool aimed at changing
patterns of attentional selectivity associated with heightened anxiety. A number of studies …

Attention bias modification training under working memory load increases the magnitude of change in attentional bias

PJF Clarke, S Branson, NTM Chen… - Journal of Behavior …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Attention bias modification (ABM) procedures have shown
promise as a therapeutic intervention, however current ABM procedures have proven …

Examining a novel gamified approach to attentional retraining: effects of single and multiple session training

EK Pieters, R De Raedt, PM Enock… - Cognitive therapy and …, 2017 - Springer
Negative attention biases (AB) may play a causal role in the development of emotional
disorders. In order to examine this proposed causal role, researchers have developed …

Barking up the wrong tree in attentional bias modification? Comparing the sensitivity of four tasks to attentional biases

Ó Sigurjónsdóttir, S Sigurðardóttir, AS Björnsson… - Journal of Behavior …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Attentional bias modification (ABM) is a potentially exciting new
development in the treatment of anxiety disorders. However, reported therapeutic benefits …

Absence of evidence or evidence of absence: reflecting on therapeutic implementations of attentional bias modification

PJF Clarke, L Notebaert, C MacLeod - BMC psychiatry, 2014 - Springer
Attentional bias modification (ABM) represents one of a number of cognitive bias
modification techniques which are beginning to show promise as therapeutic interventions …

Limited generalisation of changes in attentional bias following attentional bias modification with the visual probe task

B Van Bockstaele, E Salemink, SM Bögels… - Cognition and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Although attentional bias modification (ABM) can change anxiety, recent studies failed to
replicate such effects, possibly because the visual probe ABM failed to induce changes in …

Attention bias modification via single-session dot-probe training: Failures to replicate

J Everaert, C Mogoaşe, D David, EHW Koster - Journal of behavior therapy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Across three experiments we investigated transfer effects of
single-session attention bias modification via dot-probe training. Methods In experiment 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Attentional bias modification based on visual probe task: methodological issues, results and clinical relevance

FM Lopes, KR Viacava, L Bizarro - Trends in psychiatry and …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction: Attentional bias, the tendency that a person has to drive or maintain attention to
a specific class of stimuli, may play an important role in the etiology and persistence of …

Attention bias modification in specific fears: Spiders versus snakes

X Luo, N Ikani, A Barth, L Rengers, E Becker… - Journal of Behavior …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and objectives Attention Bias Modification (ABM) is used to manipulate
attention biases in anxiety disorders. It has been successful in reducing attention biases and …

Clinical efficacy of attentional bias modification procedures: An updated meta‐analysis

C Mogoaşe, D David… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Context Attentional bias modification (ABM) treatment is a promising intervention tool for a
variety of clinical conditions. Objectives This study provides an updated review of the clinical …