SynthesisJournal of gambling studies2013
Attentional bias in problem gambling: a systematic review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Attentional Bias in Problem Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Eye-Tracking Studies of Gambling-Related Attentional Biases.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Pooled it
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- Temporal attentional bias to visual game stimuli in Internet gaming disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
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- Attentional disengagement, craving, and mentalizing: a preliminary experimental study among older-aged male gamblers.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Attentional biases in abstinent patients with cocaine use disorder: rapid orienting or delayed disengagement?Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Affective impulsivity moderates the relationship between disordered gambling severity and attentional bias in electronic gaming machine (EGM) players.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- Effects of excessive violent video game playing on verbal memory: an event-related brain potentials study.Cognitive processing · 2021Article
- Noradrenergic contributions to cue-driven risk-taking and impulsivity.Psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Cognitive processes related to problematic pornography use (PPU): A systematic review of experimental studies.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
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- Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Case-Control Study on Behavioral Addictions and Neurocognition: Description of the BANCO and BANCO2 Protocols.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021Article
- A Scoping Review of Cognitive Bias in Internet Addiction and Internet Gaming Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Attentional bias has been the subject of extensive empirical investigation in connection with chemical addictions, and it has been demonstrated in users of several different substances. The findings show that substance users seem to notice and attend to substance-related stimuli more readily than non-substance-related stimuli. Less is known, however, about attentional bias in pathological gambling. This systematic review investigates the existing empirical evidence on attentional bias in problem and pathological gamblers. Eleven studies were identified and evaluated following a literature search. Key findings are that problem and pathological gamblers seem to exhibit attentional bias toward gambling-related stimuli across different measuring paradigms, although some negative findings were reported. Recommendations aimed at improving research on this topic include better validation of measures, the inclusion of manipulations of craving level, and adding variations in gambling severity as a variable, as well as gambling preference. Research on therapeutic procedures aimed at reducing attentional bias is also recommended.
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