Investigating the Neural Correlates of the Attention Training Technique Using a Novel fMRI Paradigm for Measuring Attentional Control.

ABSTRACT: Attentional control (AC) plays a causal role in various mental disorders and, within the metacognitive model, contributes to maladaptive repetitive cognitive processes such as rumination and worry. The Attention Training Technique (ATT), an auditory psychotherapeutic intervention, improves AC and is associated with the efficiency of large-scale fronto-parietal control networks (FPN). This study investigates the neural correlates of ATT by applying a newly tailored fMRI paradigm, focusing on FPN engagement and its relationship with AC. We adapted ATT to examine neural responses during ATT compared to passive listening in ATT-naïve participants (N = 43) and ensured the robustness of results by validating the findings in a second independent sample (N = 28). To optimize the paradigm, we compa

SUBMITTER: Schwarz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12644246 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature