Trial reportThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2016
The efficacy of attention bias modification therapy in cocaine use disorders.
Trial report in The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of attentional bias modification for substance use disorder symptoms in adults: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Attention Biases in Opioid, Cannabis, Stimulant Use Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Recent Advances in Attention Bias Modification for Substance Addictions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Internet-based attentional bias modification training as add-on to regular treatment in alcohol and cannabis dependent outpatients: a study protocol of a randomized control trial.BMC psychiatry · 2017Trial
- Cocaine Cues Used in Experimental Research: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Behavioral therapies targeting reward mechanisms in substance use disorders.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Review
- Attentional biases in abstinent patients with cocaine use disorder: rapid orienting or delayed disengagement?Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Cocaine Use Disorder (CUD): Current Clinical Perspectives.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2022Review
- Variations in the Visual Probe Paradigms for Attention Bias Modification for Substance Use Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Let's Open the Decision-Making Umbrella: A Framework for Conceptualizing and Assessing Features of Impaired Decision Making in Addiction.Neuropsychology review · 2019Review
- No effect of attentional bias modification training in methamphetamine users receiving residential treatment.Psychopharmacology · 2019Article
- Cognitive impairment in substance use disorders.CNS spectrums · 2019Article
- A Roadmap for Integrating Neuroscience Into Addiction Treatment: A Consensus of the Neuroscience Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Review
- A Smartphone Attention Bias Intervention for Individuals With Addictive Disorders: Protocol for a Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Web-Based Cognitive Bias Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Cognitive Biases in Cannabis, Opioid, and Stimulant Disorders: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- Neural Correlates of Drug-Related Attentional Bias in Heroin Dependence.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAttentional bias (i.e., differences in reaction time between drug and neutral cues) has been associated with a variety of drug-use behaviors (e.g., craving, abstinence). Reduction of bias may ultimately reduce use.
objectiveThe current study examined whether attentional bias modification therapy (ABMT) reduced the frequency of drug use behaviors in individuals with cocaine use disorder (CUD).
methodParticipants (n = 37) were randomly assigned to ABMT or control therapy, which systematically varied how frequently probes replaced neutral (ABMT = 100%; control therapy = 50%) relative to drug stimuli. Each intervention included 5 training sessions comprising a total of 2640 trials over 4 weeks. Clinical assessments occurred at baseline, post-intervention, 2 weeks and 3 months posttreatment.
resultsThere were no baseline differences between groups on drug-use behaviors or other clinical measures. Contrary to predictions, both groups exhibited slower rather than faster reaction times for cocaine stimuli (p = 0.005) at baseline, with no relationship between bias and baseline measures of drug-use behavior.
conclusionsABMT was not more effective than our control therapy at reducing attentional bias, reducing craving or changing other drug use behaviors. Current results suggest additional replication studies are needed to assess ABMT's efficacy in reducing drug-use behaviors in CUD.
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