Implementation of the diffusion model on dot-probe task performance in children with behavioral inhibition.

ABSTRACT: Attentional bias to threat, the process of preferentially attending to potentially threatening environmental stimuli over neutral stimuli, is positively associated with behavioral inhibition (BI) and trait anxiety. However, the most used measure of attentional bias to threat, the dot-probe task, has been criticized for demonstrating poor reliability. The present study aimed to assess whether utilizing a sequential sampling model to describe performance could detect adequate test-retest reliability for the dot-probe task, demonstrate stronger cueing effects, and improve the association with neural signals of early attention. One hundred and twenty children aged 9-12 years completed the dot-probe task twice. During the second administration, event-related potentials (ERPs) were obtained as t

SUBMITTER: Wise S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627521 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature