In severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD), attentional bias refers to the preferential allocation of
attentional resources toward alcohol-related cues. Dominant models consider that this bias …

Adolescence is a period in which brain structures involved in motivation and cognitive
control continue to develop and also a period in which many youth begin substance use …

Cognitive bias modification (CBM) was first developed as an experimental tool to examine
the causal role of cognitive biases, and later developed into complementary interventions in …

Alcohol use is associated with attentional biases for alcohol-related stimuli, as it has been
measured via effects on mean performance measures in dot-probe tasks. However, the …

Introduction Approach and avoidance behaviors have been extensively studied in cognitive
science as a fundamental aspect of human motivation and decision-making. The Approach …

It has been suggested that over the course of an addiction, addiction-related stimuli become
highly salient in the environment, thereby capturing an addict's attention. To assess these …

Rationale Dominant theoretical models postulate the presence of an automatic attentional
bias (AB) towards alcohol-related stimuli in alcohol use disorder, such AB constituting a core …

Alcohol dependence is a disorder with a high recurrence rate that leads to a considerable
public health burden. The risk of relapse appears to be related to a complex interplay of …

Dot‐probe or visual probe tasks (VPTs) are used extensively to measure attentional biases.
A novel variant termed the cued VPT (cVPT) was developed to focus on the anticipatory …

Emotional dysregulation in alcoholism (ALC) may result from disturbed inhibitory
mechanisms. We therefore tested emotion and alcohol cue reactivity and inhibitory …