Attentional bias to pain-relevant body locations: New methods, new challenges

In a recent issue of Consciousness and Cognition, Filbrich, Torta, Vanderclausen, Azanon, and Legrain (2016) commented on a paper in which we used a tactile Temporal Order Judgment (TOJ) task to show that expecting pain on a specific body location biased attention to that location (Vanden Bulcke, Cr...

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Published in:Consciousness and cognition 2016-07, Vol.43, p.128-132
Main Authors: Van Damme, Stefaan, Vanden Bulcke, Charlotte, Durnez, Wouter, Crombez, Geert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Bias
Bodily threat
Experimental pain
Methods
Pain
Temporal Order Judgment
Theory
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Summary:In a recent issue of Consciousness and Cognition, Filbrich, Torta, Vanderclausen, Azanon, and Legrain (2016) commented on a paper in which we used a tactile Temporal Order Judgment (TOJ) task to show that expecting pain on a specific body location biased attention to that location (Vanden Bulcke, Crombez, Durnez, & Van Damme, 2015). Their main criticism is that the effects are likely to reflect response bias rather than genuine attentional bias. We agree that the TOJ task used may be susceptible to response bias, and welcome the authors’ methodological suggestions to control for such bias. However, we feel that certain aspects of our work are misrepresented in their paper. Most importantly, we contest their argument that our instructions made the threat location task-relevant, thereby increasing risk of response bias. Further, we reply to other methodological and theoretical issues raised by these authors.
ISSN:1053-8100
1090-2376
DOI:10.1016/j.concog.2016.05.012