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ArticleBehaviour research and therapy2016

For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety.

Tracy A Dennis-Tiwary, Laura J Egan, Sarah Babkirk, Samantha Denefrio

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Article in Behaviour research and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effects of attention bias modification for anxiety: Neurophysiological indices and moderation by symptom severity.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023
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  20. Challenges When Evaluating Cognitive Bias Modification Interventions for Substance Use Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tracy A Dennis-TiwaryHunter College, The City University of New York, USA; The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA. Electronic address: tracy.dennis@hunter.cuny.edu.
Laura J EganHunter College, The City University of New York, USA.
Sarah BabkirkThe Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA; Hunter College, The City University of New York, USA.
Samantha DenefrioThe Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA; Hunter College, The City University of New York, USA.
City University of New York · USHunter College · USThe Graduate Center, CUNY · US

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR000457 · NCATS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI IMPERATO-MCGINLEY, JULIANNE L · 2012 to 2016
$46.0M
Basic and Translational Research Center for Reducing Health DisparitiesG12MD007599 · NIMHD · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI ANGULO, JESUS A · 2012 to 2017
$14.6M
Attention Bias Modification for Anxiety: A Randomized Control Trial with BiomarkeSC1MH104907 · NIMH · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI DENNIS, TRACY A · 2014 to 2017
$1.4M
NCATS NIH HHS TR000457NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000457NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007599NIMHD NIH HHS MD007599NIMH NIH HHS SC1 MH104907NIMH NIH HHS SC1MH104907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of attention bias modification training (ABMT) for anxiety is debated, in part because individual differences in task engagement and pre-training threat bias impact training efficacy. In the present study, an engaging, gamified ABMT mobile application, or "app," was utilized in 42 (21 females) trait-anxious adults. EEG was recorded during pre- and post-training threat bias assessment to generate scalp-recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) reflecting neurocognitive responses to threat. Following app play (ABMT versus placebo), subjective anxiety and stress responses (observed and self-reported) were measured. ABMT, versus placebo, resulted in improved behavioral performance during the stress task for females, and in potentiation of the N2 ERP to threat for males, suggesting increased attention control. Training groups did not differ in self-reported anxiety. ABMT also resulted in improved performance during the stress task among those evidencing specific pre-training ERP responses: decreased P1, suggesting less attention allocation, but potentiated N170, suggesting enhanced attention selection and discrimination. Differences in behavioral threat bias did not moderate training effects. Results suggest that efficient allocation of attention to threat combined with enhanced discrimination between threat and non-threat may facilitate stress-reduction effects of ABMT. Targeting neurocognitive responses to threat to personalize ABMT and develop more effective methods of treatment delivery, such as gamification, are discussed.

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Mobile ApplicationsAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersAttentionAttentional BiasCognitive Behavioral TherapyEvoked PotentialsFemaleGames, ExperimentalHumansMaleReaction TimeSelf ReportSex FactorsStress, PsychologicalAnxietyAttention bias modification trainingEvent-related potentialsGamifiedMobile applicationStress

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PMID26745621
PMCPMC4758525
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