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    Absence of evidence or evidence of absence: Reflecting on therapeutic implementations of attentional bias modification

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    Authors
    Clarke, Patrick
    Notebaert, L.
    MacLeod, C.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Clarke, P. and Notebaert, L. and MacLeod, C. 2014. Absence of evidence or evidence of absence: Reflecting on therapeutic implementations of attentional bias modification. BMC Psychiatry. 14 (8).
    Source Title
    BMC Psychiatry
    DOI
    10.1186/1471-244X-14-8
    ISSN
    1471-244X
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
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    This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44181
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Attentional bias modification (ABM) represents one of a number of cognitive bias modification techniques which are beginning to show promise as therapeutic interventions for emotional pathology. Numerous studies with both clinical and non-clinical populations have now demonstrated that ABM can reduce emotional vulnerability. However, some recent studies have failed to achieve change in either selective attention or emotional vulnerability using ABM methodologies, including a recent randomised controlled trial by Carlbring et al. Some have sought to represent such absence of evidence as a sound basis not to further pursue ABM as an online intervention. While these findings obviously raise questions about the specific conditions under which ABM procedures will produce therapeutic benefits, we suggest that the failure of some studies to modify selective attention does not challenge the theoretical and empirical basis of ABM. The present paper seeks to put these ABM failure s in perspective within the broader context of attentional bias modification research. In doing so it is apparent that the current findings and future prospects of ABM are in fact very promising, suggesting that more research in this area is warranted, not less.

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