Clinical trials: Attentional Bias
Attention Impaired, Mental Health Issue
Brief Mental Training and Internal Attentional Control
Previous research documented that real-time feedback on attention as well as related forms of mental training (e.g. mindfulness meditation) may be used to train and impact external attentional control.
- Conditions
- Attention Impaired, Mental Health Issue, Rumination
- Trial name
- NCT05353231
- Testing
- Attention Feedback Awareness and Control Training (A-FACT), Mindful Disengagement from Thoughts Training (MDTT)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Smoking
Attentional Training for Smoking Cessation Via Handheld Device or Personal Computer
Several studies indicate that cigarette smokers show an attentional bias for cigarette-related cues, meaning that they more quickly detect and attend to and have more difficulty disengaging in cigarette-related information than…
- Trial name
- NCT01458834
- Testing
- Attention bias modification task, Control Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Social Anxiety
Attention Bias Modification Treatment in Social Anxiety
This study evaluates attention modification in social anxiety and It is comprised by 2 experiments. At experiment 1 socially anxious participants will receive either training away from threatening faces or placebo intervention…
- Trial name
- ABMT (NCT03601377)
- Testing
- Training away from threat, Training towards threat
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cyprus
Depression
Affective Attentional Bias Training In Depression
Biased attention toward negatively valenced information has been considered as a mechanism for risk and relapse in depression. Those with depression tend to focus their visual attention first, more frequently, and for longer…
- Trial name
- NCT03106883
- Testing
- Affective training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Conversion Disorder
TMS and Attentional Bias in Functional Motor Disorder
Functional motor disorders, also called motor conversion disorder, are common reasons for attendance at neurology outpatient clinics.
- Trial name
- NCT02102906
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Attentional Bias, Smoking Cues
Trial on the Effect of E-cigarette Advertising on Cigarette Perceptions in Adolescents
This research aims to investigate how exposure to advertising for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (commonly called e-cigarettes) may lead to combustible smoking initiation in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Attentional Bias, Smoking Cues, Positive Perceptions About Cigarette Smoking, Social Norms
- Trial name
- NCT03786042
- Testing
- E-cigarette ad exposure, non e-cigarette TV commercials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Marijuana Dependence
Sex Differences in Attentional Bias in Marijuana-dependent Individuals
The purpose of this study is to explore sex differences in cognitive functioning and responses to marijuana-related items, and to determine whether stress impacts these measures.
- Trial name
- NCT01179425
- Testing
- Cognitive stressor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Obesity, Childhood
Black Adolescent & Entertainment Study
The study is being conducted to obtain adolescent girls' thoughts and opinions on relationship and communication styles are shown on television.
- Trial name
- NCT03537755
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Alcohol Abuse, Cognitive Deficit in Attention
Pilot Study on Training Emerging Adults Skills in Navigating College
Lifetime risk for developing an alcohol use disorder increases with earlier onset of alcohol consumption. This risk may reflect a tendency for escalated alcohol intake among youth due to immature executive control, leading to…
- Trial name
- SINC (NCT05560425)
- Testing
- Koru Mindfulness (KM) Training, Navigating College (NC) Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Perinatal Anxiety
Mindfulness for Perinatal Distress
This randomized controlled intervention study evaluated an 8-week group mindfulness intervention for pregnant women at 20 to 30 gestational weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT07757243
- Testing
- Group Mindfulness Intervention, Group Discussion, Routine Health Education
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 356 people
- Sponsor
- Shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Modafinil in the Treatment of PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)
The purpose of this study is to determine if modafinil is more effective than placebo in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in male combat veterans who have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
- Trial name
- NCT01726088
- Testing
- Modafinil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Biomedical Research Foundation
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Attentional Bias
Attentional Control Training for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder
Background: There is consistent evidence that community and clinical samples of individuals with an alcohol use disorder (AUD) have attentional biases toward alcohol cues.
- Trial name
- NCT05102942
- Testing
- Attentional Control Training Program
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 268 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Anxiety
Neuroplasticity in an Extended Amygdala Network as a Target Mechanism for Attention Bias Modification Outcome
Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychological disorders. Underlying anxiety is an increased attentional bias to threat, which has been identified as a causal contributor in the development of anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT03092609
- Testing
- Attention Bias Modification, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northern Michigan University
Aging
Automatic Reaction to Physical Activity and Sedentary Stimuli in Aging
Most individuals are aware of the benefits to health of regular physical activity and have good intentions to exercise. Yet, 1.4 billion people worldwide are inactive, which suggests that turning intention into action can be…
- Trial name
- NCT05704660
- Testing
- Adjusted Cognitive-biased modification task, Cognitive-biased modification task
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
E-cigarette Use, Tobacco Use Cessation
Attentional Bias Modification Training for E-cigarette Users
Aims are to (1) evaluate attentional bias to e-cigarette cues between the intervention and control groups at post-intervention as compared to the pre-intervention; and (2) test the feasibility and efficacy of the intervention at…
- Trial name
- NCT05112562
- Testing
- Computerized attentional bias modification training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Using Attentional Bias Modification to Address Trauma Symptoms
Threat-related attentional biases have been identified as a possible precursor to the onset and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Trial name
- NCT02615717
- Testing
- Attention Bias Modification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska Lincoln
Cocaine Dependence
Psychopharmacology for Cocaine Dependence - Buspirone
Chronic cocaine use may produce disruption of neurotransmitter functions (including dopamine). This may in turn contribute to measurable dysfunction in important cognitive and behavioral processes.
- Trial name
- NCT01267292
- Testing
- Buspirone, Methylphenidate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Anger
The Impact of Interpretation Bias Modification Training on Anger and Reactive Aggression
Difficulties with anger control are reported in a number of psychological conditions and are associated with social problems, such as dating violence and workplace violence.
- Trial name
- NCT03683979
- Testing
- Interpretation Bias Modification, Control Training Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Attentional Bias Modification in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 9 sessions of computerized attentional bias training on attentional bias and on symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00764101
- Testing
- Attentional Bias Modification
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- PsyQ
ADHD
A Study on the Inter-Hemispheric Alpha Ratio in Kids With ADHD (SHARK)
Investigate the hypothesis that children with ADHD have difficulty with the allocation of visio-spatial attention related to an inability to control posterior alpha brain oscillations.
- Trial name
- SHARK (NCT01932398)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center