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ArticleActa dermato-venereologica2020

Attentional Bias Towards Visual Itch and Pain Stimuli in Itch- and Pain-free Individuals?

Jennifer M Becker, Sarah R Vreijling, Sjoerd Dobbinga, Jolijn J J Giesbers, Andrea W M Evers, Dieuwke S Veldhuijzen, Antoinette I M Laarhoven

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Article in Acta dermato-venereologica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer M BeckerHealth, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, 2300RB Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: j.m.becker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
Sarah R Vreijling
Sjoerd Dobbinga
Jolijn J J Giesbers
Andrea W M Evers
Dieuwke S Veldhuijzen
Antoinette I M Laarhoven
Leiden University · NLCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology · CZLeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

HSRD VA QUE 15-019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Itch and pain are important attention-demanding sensations that allow adaptive responses to potential bodily harm. An attentional bias towards itch and pain stimuli, i.e. preferential attention allocation towards itch- and pain-related information, has been found in healthy, as well as patient groups. However, it remains unclear whether attentional bias for itch and pain differs from a general bias towards negative information. Therefore, this study investigated attentional bias towards itch and pain in 70 itch- and pain-free individuals. In an attention task, itch- and pain-related stimuli, as well as negative stimuli, were presented alongside neutral stimuli. The results did not indicate an attentional bias towards itch-, pain-, and negative visual information. This finding suggests that people without itch and pain symptoms do not prioritize itch- and pain-related information above neutral information. Future research should investigate whether attention towards itch- and pain-related information might be biased in patients with chronic itch and pain.

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Attentional BiasAttentionBiasHumansPainPruritusattentional biascognitive processingpainpruritus

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PMID32488280
PMCPMC9199947
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