Does attention bias modification training impact on task performance in the context of pain: An experimental study in healthy participants

PloS One
Dimitri M L Van RyckeghemT Vervoort

Abstract

Attention has been theorized to play a key role in the experience of pain and associated task interference. Training attention away from pain via attention bias modification (ABM) training techniques has been proposed to improve pain-related outcomes, but evidence is inconsistent. In an experimental study, we investigated the impact of a single session ABM training -using a visual probe paradigm with idiosyncratic pain words- on cold pressor test (CPT) pain experience and task interference by pain. Fifty-eight healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to an ABM training group (N = 28; attending away from pain) and a sham training group (N = 30; no training direction). At pre-training, participants performed a baseline Random-Interval-Repetition (RIR) task and the CPT. Participants reported on sensations they experienced during the baseline CPT. Relevant descriptors were integrated in the visual probe paradigm during the training phase. At post-training, participants completed the RIR task again while experiencing CPT pain. Participants also reported on the extent they attended to the pain and the intensity/unpleasantness of the pain. Results indicated that, in contrast with our hypotheses, ABM training did also not reduce task ...Continue Reading

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Jun 28, 2019·Experimental Dermatology·Andrea W M EversAntoinette I M van Laarhoven
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Jul 20, 2021·Frontiers in Medicine·Antoinette I M van LaarhovenReinout W H J Wiers

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