Relating value-driven attention to psychopathology. Academic Article

abstract

• Reward-associated objects receive preferential attention, reflecting a bias in information processing that develops automatically following associative learning. Mounting evidence suggests that such value-driven attention operates abnormally in certain psychopathologies, with attentional biases for reward-associated objects being either exaggerated or blunted compared to healthy controls. Here, I review the evidence linking value-driven attention to psychopathology, including drug addiction, depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), compulsivity, and impulsive and risky decision-making. I conclude by offering an integrative framework for conceptualizing the link between value-driven attention and psychopathology, along with suggestions for future research into this burgeoning area of investigation, including research on object attachment.

authors

• Anderson, Brian

published proceedings

• Curr Opin Psychol

altmetric score

• 5.08

author list (cited authors)

• Anderson, B. A.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Anderson, Brian A

publication date

• June 2021

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Current Opinion in Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
• Attentional Bias
• Humans
• Impulsive Behavior
• Psychopathology
• Reward

PubMed Central ID

• 32818794

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.07.010

start page

• 48

end page

• 54

volume

• 39

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.07.010

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being