Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity

Introduction: Attentional bias (AB) is an implicit selective attention toward processing disorder-significant information while neglecting other environmental cues. Considerable empirical evidence highlights the clinical implication of AB in the onset and maintenance of substance use disorder. An in...

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Autores: Ghiţă, Alexandra, Hernández Serrano, Olga, Moreno, Manuel, Monras Arnau, Miquel, Gual, Antoni, Maurage, Pierre, Gacto-Sánchez, Mariano, Ferrer, Marta (Ferrer García), Porras-García, Bruno, Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Alcoholisme
Percepció visual
Seguiment de la mirada
Alcoholism
Visual perception
Eye tracking
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spelling Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement ActivityGhiţă, AlexandraHernández Serrano, OlgaMoreno, ManuelMonras Arnau, MiquelGual, AntoniMaurage, PierreGacto-Sánchez, MarianoFerrer, Marta (Ferrer García)Porras-García, BrunoGutiérrez Maldonado, JoséAlcoholismePercepció visualSeguiment de la miradaAlcoholismVisual perceptionEye trackingIntroduction: Attentional bias (AB) is an implicit selective attention toward processing disorder-significant information while neglecting other environmental cues. Considerable empirical evidence highlights the clinical implication of AB in the onset and maintenance of substance use disorder. An innovative method to explore direct measures of AB relies on the eye-movement activity using technologies like eye-tracking (ET). Despite the growing interest regarding the clinical relevance of AB in the spectrum of alcohol consumption, more research is needed to fully determine the AB patterns and its transfer from experimental to clinical applications. The current study consisted of three consecutive experiments. The first experiment aimed to design an ad-hoc visual attention task (VAT) consisting of alcohol-related and neutral images using a nonclinical sample (n = 15). The objective of the second and third experiments was to analyze whether the effect of type of image (alcohol-related vs. neutral images) on AB toward alcohol content using the VAT developed in the first experiment was different for type of drinker (light vs. heavy drinker in the second experiment [n = 30], and occasional social drinkers versus alcohol use disorder (AUD) patients in the third experiment [n = 48]). Methods: Areas of interest (AOIs) within each type of image (neutral and alcohol-related) were designed and raw ET-based data were subsequently extracted through specific software analyses. For experiment 1, attention maps were created and processed for each image. For experiments 2 and 3, data on ET variables were gathered and subsequently analyzed through a two-way ANOVA with the aim of examining the effects of the type of image and drinker on eye-movement activity. Results: There was a statistically significant interaction effect between type of image and type of drinker (light vs. heavy drinker in experiment 2, F(1, 56) = 13.578, p < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.195, and occasional social drinker versus AUD patients in the experiment 3, F(1, 92) = 35.806, p < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.280) for “first fixation” with large effect sizes, but not for “number of fixations” and “dwell time.” The simple main effect of type of image on mean “first fixation” score for AUD patients was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The data derived from the experiments indicated the importance of AB in sub-clinical populations: heavy drinkers displayed an implicit preference for alcohol-related images compared to light drinkers. Nevertheless, AB fluctuations in patients with AUD compared to the control group were found. AUD patients displayed an early interest in alcohol images, followed by an avoidance attentional processing of alcohol-related images. The results are discussed in light of recent literature in the field.Karger2025202520242025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion15 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/219183Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1159/000536252European Addiction Research, 2024, vol. 30, num.2, p. 65-79https://doi.org/10.1159/000536252cc by (c) Ghiţă, Alexandra et al., 2024https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2191832026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
title Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
spellingShingle Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
Ghiţă, Alexandra
Alcoholisme
Percepció visual
Seguiment de la mirada
Alcoholism
Visual perception
Eye tracking
title_short Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
title_full Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
title_fullStr Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
title_sort Exploring Attentional Bias toward Alcohol Content: Insights from Eye-Movement Activity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ghiţă, Alexandra
Hernández Serrano, Olga
Moreno, Manuel
Monras Arnau, Miquel
Gual, Antoni
Maurage, Pierre
Gacto-Sánchez, Mariano
Ferrer, Marta (Ferrer García)
Porras-García, Bruno
Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
author Ghiţă, Alexandra
author_facet Ghiţă, Alexandra
Hernández Serrano, Olga
Moreno, Manuel
Monras Arnau, Miquel
Gual, Antoni
Maurage, Pierre
Gacto-Sánchez, Mariano
Ferrer, Marta (Ferrer García)
Porras-García, Bruno
Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
author_role author
author2 Hernández Serrano, Olga
Moreno, Manuel
Monras Arnau, Miquel
Gual, Antoni
Maurage, Pierre
Gacto-Sánchez, Mariano
Ferrer, Marta (Ferrer García)
Porras-García, Bruno
Gutiérrez Maldonado, José
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Alcoholisme
Percepció visual
Seguiment de la mirada
Alcoholism
Visual perception
Eye tracking
topic Alcoholisme
Percepció visual
Seguiment de la mirada
Alcoholism
Visual perception
Eye tracking
description Introduction: Attentional bias (AB) is an implicit selective attention toward processing disorder-significant information while neglecting other environmental cues. Considerable empirical evidence highlights the clinical implication of AB in the onset and maintenance of substance use disorder. An innovative method to explore direct measures of AB relies on the eye-movement activity using technologies like eye-tracking (ET). Despite the growing interest regarding the clinical relevance of AB in the spectrum of alcohol consumption, more research is needed to fully determine the AB patterns and its transfer from experimental to clinical applications. The current study consisted of three consecutive experiments. The first experiment aimed to design an ad-hoc visual attention task (VAT) consisting of alcohol-related and neutral images using a nonclinical sample (n = 15). The objective of the second and third experiments was to analyze whether the effect of type of image (alcohol-related vs. neutral images) on AB toward alcohol content using the VAT developed in the first experiment was different for type of drinker (light vs. heavy drinker in the second experiment [n = 30], and occasional social drinkers versus alcohol use disorder (AUD) patients in the third experiment [n = 48]). Methods: Areas of interest (AOIs) within each type of image (neutral and alcohol-related) were designed and raw ET-based data were subsequently extracted through specific software analyses. For experiment 1, attention maps were created and processed for each image. For experiments 2 and 3, data on ET variables were gathered and subsequently analyzed through a two-way ANOVA with the aim of examining the effects of the type of image and drinker on eye-movement activity. Results: There was a statistically significant interaction effect between type of image and type of drinker (light vs. heavy drinker in experiment 2, F(1, 56) = 13.578, p < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.195, and occasional social drinker versus AUD patients in the experiment 3, F(1, 92) = 35.806, p < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.280) for “first fixation” with large effect sizes, but not for “number of fixations” and “dwell time.” The simple main effect of type of image on mean “first fixation” score for AUD patients was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The data derived from the experiments indicated the importance of AB in sub-clinical populations: heavy drinkers displayed an implicit preference for alcohol-related images compared to light drinkers. Nevertheless, AB fluctuations in patients with AUD compared to the control group were found. AUD patients displayed an early interest in alcohol images, followed by an avoidance attentional processing of alcohol-related images. The results are discussed in light of recent literature in the field.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1159/000536252
European Addiction Research, 2024, vol. 30, num.2, p. 65-79
https://doi.org/10.1159/000536252
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