The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task

Attractive cues have been shown to evoke automatic approach biases in tasks such as the Automatic Approach Task or Stimulus Response Compatibility task. An important but as yet not studied question is the role of temporal dynamics in such tasks: the impact of automatic processes may depend on the i...

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Main Authors:	Thomas Edward Gladwin, Sören Erik Mohr, Reinout W Wiers
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:	Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:	src automatic Delay approach bias Approach Avoidance Task
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01398/full

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spelling	doaj-9f0b5b3445cc440db7bcd87dc89289932020-11-24T22:33:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-12-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.01398107944The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance TaskThomas Edward Gladwin0Sören Erik Mohr1Reinout W Wiers2University of AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamAttractive cues have been shown to evoke automatic approach biases in tasks such as the Automatic Approach Task or Stimulus Response Compatibility task. An important but as yet not studied question is the role of temporal dynamics in such tasks: the impact of automatic processes may depend on the interval between cue and response. The current proof of principle study tested this hypothesized time-dependence of the approach bias. Secondary goals included the exploration of effects of alcohol cues and virtual hand stimuli. 22 participants performed an SRC task in which the delay between the presentation of the cue and the possibility to select the response was manipulated. Results revealed an approach bias that decayed over longer delays. Thus, the approach bias was indeed dependent on processes that are transiently evoked by cues. The results did not show significant effects of alcohol cues or a virtual hand. Temporal dynamics may be an essential feature of approach biases.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01398/fullsrcautomaticDelayapproach biasApproach Avoidance Task
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spellingShingle	Thomas Edward Gladwin Sören Erik Mohr Reinout W Wiers The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task Frontiers in Psychology src automatic Delay approach bias Approach Avoidance Task
author_facet	Thomas Edward Gladwin Sören Erik Mohr Reinout W Wiers
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title	The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task
title_short	The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task
title_full	The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task
title_fullStr	The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task
title_full_unstemmed	The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task
title_sort	potential role of temporal dynamics in approach biases: delay-dependence of a general approach bias in an alcohol approach-avoidance task
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
series	Frontiers in Psychology
issn	1664-1078
publishDate	2014-12-01
description	Attractive cues have been shown to evoke automatic approach biases in tasks such as the Automatic Approach Task or Stimulus Response Compatibility task. An important but as yet not studied question is the role of temporal dynamics in such tasks: the impact of automatic processes may depend on the interval between cue and response. The current proof of principle study tested this hypothesized time-dependence of the approach bias. Secondary goals included the exploration of effects of alcohol cues and virtual hand stimuli. 22 participants performed an SRC task in which the delay between the presentation of the cue and the possibility to select the response was manipulated. Results revealed an approach bias that decayed over longer delays. Thus, the approach bias was indeed dependent on processes that are transiently evoked by cues. The results did not show significant effects of alcohol cues or a virtual hand. Temporal dynamics may be an essential feature of approach biases.
topic	src automatic Delay approach bias Approach Avoidance Task
url	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01398/full
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The Potential Role of Temporal Dynamics in Approach Biases: Delay-dependence of a General Approach Bias in an Alcohol Approach-Avoidance Task

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