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ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2024

Attentional Biases and Their Association with Substance-Use-Related Problems and Addictive Behaviors: The Utility of a Gamified Value-Modulated Attentional Capture Task.

René Freichel, Erynn Christensen, Lana Mrkonja, Peter J de Jong, Janna Cousijn, Ingmar Franken, Murat Yücel, Rico Lee, Ilya M Veer, Lucy Albertella and 1 more

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Article in Addictive behaviors reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

René FreichelAddiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT)-lab, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Erynn ChristensenBrainPark, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia BrainPark, Clayton, Australia.
Lana MrkonjaAddiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT)-lab, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Peter J de JongDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Janna CousijnCenter for Substance Use and Addiction Research (CESAR), Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Ingmar FrankenCenter for Substance Use and Addiction Research (CESAR), Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Murat YücelBrainPark, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia BrainPark, Clayton, Australia.
Rico LeeMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Ilya M VeerAddiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT)-lab, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lucy AlbertellaBrainPark, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia BrainPark, Clayton, Australia.
Reinout W WiersAddiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT)-lab, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
University of Amsterdam · NLIVO Addiction Research Institute · NLMonash University · AUQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Attentional biases towards reward stimuli have been implicated in substance use-related problems. The value-modulated attentional capture (VMAC) task assesses such reward-related biases. The VMAC task widely used in lab studies tends to be monotonous and susceptible to low effort. We therefore tested a gamified online version of the VMAC that aimed to increase participant engagement. Our goal was to examine how VMAC is associated with substance use-related problems and addictive behaviors, and whether this association is moderated by cognitive control. Methods: We recruited 285 participants from an online community, including heavy alcohol users. All participants completed a novel gamified version of the VMAC task, measures of substance use and addictive behaviors (addictive-like eating behavior, problematic smartphone use), the WebExec measure of problems with executive functions, and the Stroop Adaptive Deadline Task (SDL) as a measure of cognitive control. Results: The gamified VMAC task successfully identified value-modulated attentional capture effects towards high-reward stimuli. We found no significant associations between VMAC scores, problematic alcohol or cannabis use, addictive behaviors, or any moderation by a behavioral measure of cognitive control. Exploratory analyses revealed that self-reported cognitive problems were associated with more alcohol-, and cannabis-related problems, and addictive behaviors. Greater attentional capture (VMAC) was associated with more cannabis use-related problems among individuals with higher levels of self-reported cognitive problems. Conclusions: Our study is one of the first to demonstrate the utility of the gamified version of the VMAC task in capturing attentional reward biases. Self-reported problems with cognitive functions represent a key dimension associated with substance use-related problems and addictive behaviors.

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Addictive behaviorsAttentional biasCognitive controlSubstance use

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PMID38404750
PMCPMC10885317
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