Time course of attentional bias for fear-relevant stimuli in spider-fearful individuals
Time course of attentional bias for fear-relevant stimuli in spider-fearful individuals
The time course of attentional biases for spider stimuli was assessed in two groups of individuals with high or low levels of spider fear. Pairs of photographs of spiders and cats were presented in a visual probe task with three exposure durations: 200, 500 and 2000 ms. Results indicated greater attentional bias for spider stimuli in high fear, than in low fear, individuals in the 200 ms condition. The attentional bias in the high fear group significantly reduced as stimulus exposure duration increased, with no significant biases found in the longer exposure conditions. Results support the view that high fear is associated with an enhanced initial attentional bias for fear-relevant stimuli, but that this attentional bias is not maintained over time
attentional bias, time course, spider, specific fear, visual probe task
1241-1250
Mogg, Karin
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Bradley, Brendan P.
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2006
Mogg, Karin
5f1474af-85f5-4fd3-8eb6-0371be848e30
Bradley, Brendan P.
bdacaa6c-528b-4086-9448-27ebfe463514
Mogg, Karin and Bradley, Brendan P.
(2006)
Time course of attentional bias for fear-relevant stimuli in spider-fearful individuals.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44 (9), .
(doi:10.1016/j.brat.2006.05.003).
Abstract
The time course of attentional biases for spider stimuli was assessed in two groups of individuals with high or low levels of spider fear. Pairs of photographs of spiders and cats were presented in a visual probe task with three exposure durations: 200, 500 and 2000 ms. Results indicated greater attentional bias for spider stimuli in high fear, than in low fear, individuals in the 200 ms condition. The attentional bias in the high fear group significantly reduced as stimulus exposure duration increased, with no significant biases found in the longer exposure conditions. Results support the view that high fear is associated with an enhanced initial attentional bias for fear-relevant stimuli, but that this attentional bias is not maintained over time
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Published date: 2006
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attentional bias, time course, spider, specific fear, visual probe task
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/44922
ISSN: 0005-7967
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