Attentional bias in addictive behaviors: a review of its development, causes, and consequences

M Field, WM Cox - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2008 - Elsevier
A wealth of research from the past two decades shows that addictive behaviors are
characterized by attentional biases for substance-related stimuli. We review the relevant …

A meta-analytic investigation of the relationship between attentional bias and subjective craving in substance abuse.

M Field, MR Munafò, IHA Franken - Psychological bulletin, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Theoretical models of addiction suggest that attentional bias for substance-related cues
should be associated with self-reported craving. The authors evaluated the strength of the …

The addiction-stroop test: Theoretical considerations and procedural recommendations.

WM Cox, JS Fadardi, EM Pothos - Psychological bulletin, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
Decisions about using addictive substances are influenced by distractions by addiction-
related stimuli, of which the user might be unaware. The addiction-Stroop task is a paradigm …

A consistent attentional bias for drug-related material in active cocaine users across word and picture versions of the emotional Stroop task

R Hester, V Dixon, H Garavan - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2006 - Elsevier
Evidence from a number of drug-abuse populations suggests that an attentional bias for
drug-related stimuli can be identified in chronic users. Such an effect has yet to be reliably …

Performance on the Stroop predicts treatment compliance in cocaine-dependent individuals

CC Streeter, DB Terhune, TH Whitfield… - …, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment dropout is a problem of great prevalence and stands as an obstacle to
recovery in cocaine-dependent (CD) individuals. Treatment attrition in CD individuals may …

Comorbid substance use disorder in schizophrenia: a selective overview of neurobiological and cognitive underpinnings

P Thoma, I Daum - Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although individuals with schizophrenia show a lifetime prevalence of 50% for suffering from
a comorbid substance use disorder, substance abuse usually represents an exclusion …

Drug Stroop performance: relationships with primary substance of use and treatment outcome in a drug-dependent outpatient sample

KM Carpenter, E Schreiber, S Church, D McDowell - Addictive behaviors, 2006 - Elsevier
A modified Stroop protocol was administered to a sample of 80 dependent drug users (62
males, 18 females) prior to beginning a time-limited outpatient treatment study combining …

Neurocognitive and neuroimaging evidence of behavioural dysregulation in human drug addiction: implications for diagnosis, treatment and prevention

M Yücel, DI Lubman - Drug and Alcohol Review, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies have generated a wealth of data
demonstrating structural and functional brain changes, as well as cognitive deficits in drug …

Serotonin at the nexus of impulsivity and cue reactivity in cocaine addiction

KA Cunningham, NC Anastasio - Neuropharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Cocaine abuse and addiction remain great challenges on the public health agendas in the
US and the world. Increasingly sophisticated perspectives on addiction to cocaine and other …

Contradictory cognitive capacities among substance-abusing patients with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis

S Potvin, CC Joyal, J Pelletier, E Stip - Schizophrenia research, 2008 - Elsevier
Although a substance use disorder (SUD) is traditionally associated with psycho–bio-social
impairments, recent investigations among persons with schizophrenia (Sz) generated …