The Role of Attentional Control in Cognitive Deficits Associated With Chronic Pain

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The Role of Attentional Control in Cognitive Deficits Associated With Chronic Pain

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Cognitive deficits in chronic pain are often attributed to difficulties in attentional control. According to the deficit view, these difficulties stem from a reduction in attentional capacity driven by attentional focus on pain experience; alternatively, according to the motivated-attention view, attentional biases toward pain-relevant threats in the environment reduce attention available for everyday tasks and goals. We tested both accounts using a task in which 72 people with chronic pain a...

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2020

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Hazel Godfrey / AT Walsh / Ronald Fischer / Georgina Grimshaw

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Role_of_Attentional_Control_in_Cognitive_D...

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Psychology / Applied and developmental psychology / Clinical and health psychology / Social and personality psychology / chronic pain / attention / distraction / attentional bias / emotion / open data / open materials / preregistered / Clinical and Health Psychology / Social and Personality Psychology / Applied and Developmental Psychology / Neurosciences / Behavioral and Social Science / Pain Research / Clinical Research / Basic Behavioral and Social Science / .1 Biological and endogenous factors / Neurological

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