ORIENTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAZE IN CONTAMINATION-BASED OCD: BIASES FOR DISGUST AND FEAR CUES
The present study examines the extent to which attentional biases in contamination-based obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are specific to disgust or fear cues, as well as the components of attention involved. Eye tracking was used to provide greater sensitivity and specificity than afforded by tr...
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ndltd-VANDERBILT-oai-VANDERBILTETD-etd-06102009-1345002013-01-08T17:16:30Z ORIENTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAZE IN CONTAMINATION-BASED OCD: BIASES FOR DISGUST AND FEAR CUES Armstrong, Thomas Richard Psychology The present study examines the extent to which attentional biases in contamination-based obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are specific to disgust or fear cues, as well as the components of attention involved. Eye tracking was used to provide greater sensitivity and specificity than afforded by traditional reaction time measures of attention. Participants high (HCF; n = 23) and low (LCF; n = 25) in symptoms of contamination-based OCD were presented with disgusted, fearful, or happy faces paired with neutral faces for 3 s trials. Evidence of both vigilance and maintenance-based biases for threat was found. The high group oriented attention to fearful faces but not disgusted faces compared to the low group. However, the high group maintained attention on both disgusted and fearful expressions compared to the low group, a pattern consistent across the 3 s trials. The implications of these findings for conceptualizing emotional factors that moderate attentional biases in contamination-based OCD are discussed Stephen D. Benning Bunmi O. Olatunji David H. Zald VANDERBILT 2009-06-18 text application/pdf http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-06102009-134500/ http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-06102009-134500/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Vanderbilt University or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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The present study examines the extent to which attentional biases in contamination-based obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are specific to disgust or fear cues, as well as the components of attention involved. Eye tracking was used to provide greater sensitivity and specificity than afforded by traditional reaction time measures of attention. Participants high (HCF; n = 23) and low (LCF; n = 25) in symptoms of contamination-based OCD were presented with disgusted, fearful, or happy faces paired with neutral faces for 3 s trials. Evidence of both vigilance and maintenance-based biases for threat was found. The high group oriented attention to fearful faces but not disgusted faces compared to the low group. However, the high group maintained attention on both disgusted and fearful expressions compared to the low group, a pattern consistent across the 3 s trials. The implications of these findings for conceptualizing emotional factors that moderate attentional biases in contamination-based OCD are discussed |
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ORIENTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAZE IN CONTAMINATION-BASED OCD: BIASES FOR DISGUST AND FEAR CUES |
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ORIENTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAZE IN CONTAMINATION-BASED OCD: BIASES FOR DISGUST AND FEAR CUES |
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ORIENTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAZE IN CONTAMINATION-BASED OCD: BIASES FOR DISGUST AND FEAR CUES |
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ORIENTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAZE IN CONTAMINATION-BASED OCD: BIASES FOR DISGUST AND FEAR CUES |
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ORIENTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAZE IN CONTAMINATION-BASED OCD: BIASES FOR DISGUST AND FEAR CUES |
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orienting and maintenance of gaze in contamination-based ocd: biases for disgust and fear cues |
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