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

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

Global Psychiatry
Volume 3 (2020): Issue 1 (May 2020)
By: Louise F. Carey,  Giles M. Anderson and  Sanjay Kumar  
Open Access
|May 2020
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Illustration of experimental task set-up.

Figure 2

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)

Figure 3

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

Figure 4

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

GroupPre-Training AssessmentTraining PhasePost-Training Assessment
ControlFixation cross 1000msEyes 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 1000msEyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000msOne 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 1000msEyes 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 TrainingFixation cross 1000msEyes 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 1000msEyes and nose images above and below fixation cross. 1000msOne 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 1000msEyes 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_

CharacteristicABM TrainingControl Trainingp
Age
M32.830.7.683
SD12.412.5
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Score (pre-assessment)
M55.653.6.867
SD30.427.1
Gaze Anxiety Rating Scale Score (pre-assessment)
M30.832.4.840
SD21.015.9
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Score
M8.739.67.642
SD5.373.99
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gp-2020-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2451-4950
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Language: English
Page range: 17 - 27
Submitted on: Feb 21, 2020
Accepted on: Mar 11, 2020
Published on: May 21, 2020
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Social anxiety,
Cognitive bias,
Eye fixation,
Attentional bias,
Saccade
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Psychiatry, psychotherapy,
Psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy,
Paediatric and juvenile psychatry and psychotherapy,
Social sciences,
Psychology,
Psychology, other

© 2020 Louise F. Carey, Giles M. Anderson, Sanjay Kumar, published by Sciendo
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