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Time-course of attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence

Time-course of attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence
Time-course of attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence
Prior research indicates attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence. As this bias may be a marker of vulnerability to relapse following treatment, it is useful to clarify its underlying processes. The present study examined whether the opioid-related bias operates in early attention processes such as initial orienting, or in maintained attention, or both. Evidence from prior research is limited and mixed. The time-course of attentional bias for drug cues was assessed using a dot-probe task with pictorial drug cues presented at three stimulus exposure durations: 200, 500 and 1500 ms. There were two groups: opioid-dependent (n=19) and healthy controls (n=20). Opioid-dependent individuals were recruited from community drug and alcohol treatment services; 95% were taking methadone. Compared with the control group, the opioid-dependent group showed a significant attentional bias for opioid-related information presented at 200 ms (p = .006). There was a similar trend at 500 ms which was non-significant (p = .057), and no bias at 1500 ms (p = .698). The findings indicate an attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence, which operates in initial orienting processes, but not maintained attention. Further research should examine whether modification of this bias by treatment reduces risk of relapse.
0893-164X
601-606
Frankland, Lisa
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Bradley, Brendan
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Mogg, Karin
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Frankland, Lisa
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Bradley, Brendan
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Frankland, Lisa, Bradley, Brendan and Mogg, Karin (2016) Time-course of attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30 (5), 601-606. (doi:10.1037/adb0000169).

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Abstract

Prior research indicates attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence. As this bias may be a marker of vulnerability to relapse following treatment, it is useful to clarify its underlying processes. The present study examined whether the opioid-related bias operates in early attention processes such as initial orienting, or in maintained attention, or both. Evidence from prior research is limited and mixed. The time-course of attentional bias for drug cues was assessed using a dot-probe task with pictorial drug cues presented at three stimulus exposure durations: 200, 500 and 1500 ms. There were two groups: opioid-dependent (n=19) and healthy controls (n=20). Opioid-dependent individuals were recruited from community drug and alcohol treatment services; 95% were taking methadone. Compared with the control group, the opioid-dependent group showed a significant attentional bias for opioid-related information presented at 200 ms (p = .006). There was a similar trend at 500 ms which was non-significant (p = .057), and no bias at 1500 ms (p = .698). The findings indicate an attentional bias to drug cues in opioid dependence, which operates in initial orienting processes, but not maintained attention. Further research should examine whether modification of this bias by treatment reduces risk of relapse.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 February 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 31 March 2016
Published date: August 2016
Organisations: Psychology

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Local EPrints ID: 399505
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/399505
ISSN: 0893-164X
PURE UUID: b15c8a0e-3d9a-4209-ab1e-ecbb2a4040f3
ORCID for Brendan Bradley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2801-4271

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Date deposited: 18 Aug 2016 12:21
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Author: Lisa Frankland
Author: Brendan Bradley ORCID iD
Author: Karin Mogg

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