A Novel Attention Bias Modification Single Session Training Improves Eye Gaze Behaviour in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Pilot Study

Louise F. Carey; Giles M. Anderson; Sanjay Kumar

doi:10.2478/gp-2020-0009

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Illustration of experimental task set-up.

Mean response times (ms) to probes by stimulus type and time point in the ABM and control conditions (error bars, in this and all other figures, indicate standard error)

Mean fixation durations (ms) on ROIs by stimulus type and time point in the ABM and control conditions

Mean number of first saccades ending on ROIs by stimulus type and time point in the ABM and control conditions

Table summarising the dot-probe task procedure in the pre-training, training and post-training phases

Group	Pre-Training Assessment			Training Phase			Post-Training Assessment
Control	Fixation cross 1000ms	Eyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000ms Eyetracking (incudes 10 catch trials)	One or two ^* probe/s at the location previously occupied by the nose or eyes image remain/s on screen until a response is made. RT and response accuracy collected.	Fixation cross 1000ms	Eyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000ms	One or two ^* probe/s at the location previously occupied by the nose or eyes image remain/s on screen until a response is made.	Fixation cross 1000ms	Eyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000ms Eyetracking (incudes 10 catch trials)	One or two ^* probe/s at the location previously occupied by the nose or eyes image remain/s on screen until a response is made. RT and response accuracy collected
ABM Training	Fixation cross 1000ms	Eyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000ms Eyetracking (incudes 10 catch trials)	One or two ^* probe/s at the location previously occupied by the nose or eyes image remain/s on screen until a response is made. RT and response accuracy collected.	Fixation cross 1000ms	Eyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000ms	One or two ^* probe/s at the location previously occupied by the eyes image only remain/s on the screen until a response is made.	Fixation cross 1000ms	Eyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000ms Eyetracking (incudes 10 catch trials)	One or two ^* probe/s at the location previously occupied by the nose or eyes image remain/s on screen until a response is made. RT and response accuracy collected

Participant characteristics by condition_

Characteristic	ABM Training	Control Training	p
Age
M	32.8	30.7	.683
SD	12.4	12.5
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Score (pre-assessment)
M	55.6	53.6	.867
SD	30.4	27.1
Gaze Anxiety Rating Scale Score (pre-assessment)
M	30.8	32.4	.840
SD	21.0	15.9
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Score
M	8.73	9.67	.642
SD	5.37	3.99

A Novel Attention Bias Modification Single Session Training Improves Eye Gaze Behaviour in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Pilot Study

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Table summarising the dot-probe task procedure in the pre-training, training and post-training phases

Participant characteristics by condition_

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