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Conditions
Brief summary
This study compares two interventions that aim to modify attention (Attention Training Technique: ATT and Attention Bias Modification: ABM) with a placebo. The aim of the study is to determine the relative efficacy of the explicit training (ATT) compared to the implicit training (ABM) in terms of their impact on pain and to examine the likely mechanisms of treatment by assessing changes in attentional control (targeted by ATT) and attentional bias (targeted by ABM).
Interventions
There are three interventions.arms
(1) Attention Bias Modification (ABM): Attention Bias Modification is a 15 minute experimental manipulation of attentional bias. It is computer-administered and based on the dot-probe paradigm and implicitly trains participants to attend to non-painful stimuli (words) by changing contingencies.
(2) Attention Training Technique (ATT): ATT is an explicit training technique where participants listen to a sound array with the instruction to pay attention directly
There are three interventions.arms (1) Attention Bias Modification (ABM): Attention Bias Modification is a 15 minute experimental manipulation of attentional bias. It is computer-administered and based on the dot-probe paradigm and implicitly trains participants to attend to non-painful stimuli (words) by changing contingencies. (2) Attention Training Technique (ATT): ATT is an explicit training technique where participants listen to a sound array with the instruction to pay attention directly to one sound or another, switch attention and divide attention. The intervention is explicit and also takes about 15 minutes.
Sponsors
The University of Sydney
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Participants in this study are first year Psychology students at The University of Sydney.
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be excluded if they consume excessive caffeine, alcohol or analgesics in the 24 hours prior to participating (According to current NHMRC guidelines), or if they have current moderate pain (a rating of 4 or higher on an 11-point numerical scale, where 0 is no pain and 10 is extreme pain). We will also exclude participants with Reynauld's phenomena or a history of chronic pain.
Outcome results
None listed