The assessment of attentional bias to cleanliness stimuli in different versions of the dot-probe task: Evidence for a motivational account

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dc.authorid0000-0001-6784-4900
dc.contributor.authorBoga, Merve
dc.contributor.authorWentura, Dirk
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-07T08:24:25Z
dc.date.available2025-05-07T08:24:25Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstractVogt et al. (2011) investigated the role of goal-relevance in attention. Specifically, they induced the emotional state of disgust and showed an attentional bias (AB) to goal-related stimuli (i.e., cleanliness pictures) using the dot-probe task. In two experiments, we tested (a) an alternative interpretation and (b) the role of an important methodological feature of the dot-probe task. As the effect can be interpreted alternatively as affective counter-regulation (i.e., cleanliness-related pictures attracted attention because they are positive in the negative disgust state), we added positive stimuli to test whether the AB in the disgust state extends to these stimuli. In Experiment 1, we used the location dot-probe task. That is, participants had to categorise the location of the target. It can be argued that this task confounds attentional processes with response priming processes. In Experiment 2, we used a discrimination dot-probe task, that is, participants had to categorise a target feature that varied orthogonally to location, thus eliminating the confound. In Experiment 1, we did not replicate the effect of emotional state on AB for cleanliness stimuli, whereas in Experiment 2, we did. Mean AB scores for positive stimuli were not affected by emotional state. Two conclusions were drawn: First, the result of Experiment 2 supports the motivational account of Vogt and colleagues. Second, the results support the use of the discrimination task for both theoretical reasons (i.e., effects can be more clearly interpreted as based on attentional processes) and empirical reasons (i.e., the location task did not replicate the expected pattern).
dc.identifier.citationBoga, M., & Wentura, D. (2024). The assessment of attentional bias to cleanliness stimuli in different versions of the dot-probe task: Evidence for a motivational account. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006), , 17470218241281694.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/17470218241281694
dc.identifier.endpage14
dc.identifier.issn1747-0218
dc.identifier.issueSep
dc.identifier.pmid39219535
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85205897671
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241281694
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/117208
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001328122900001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorBoga, Merve
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0001-6784-4900
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAttentional bias
dc.subjectmotivation
dc.subjectemotion regulation
dc.subjectdisgust
dc.subjectdot-probe task
dc.subjectresponse priming
dc.titleThe assessment of attentional bias to cleanliness stimuli in different versions of the dot-probe task: Evidence for a motivational account
dc.typeArticle

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