Persistence of value-modulated attentional capture is associated with risky alcohol use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined how risky patterns of alcohol use might be related to the persistence of learned attentional capture during reversal of stimulus-reward contingencies.

Methods

Participants were 122 healthy adults (mean age 21 years, 66% female) who completed an assessment including a visual search task to measure value-modulated attentional capture, with a reversal phase following a period of initial training. The assessment also included questions about alcohol use.

Results

Overall, attentional capture was greater for distractors associated with high reward than for those associated with low reward, replicating previous findings of value-modulated attentional capture. When stimulus-reward contingencies were reversed, a higher persistence of learned atte

SUBMITTER: Albertella L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6582188 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature