Methodological considerations in cognitive bias research: The next steps

Alia F Ataya; Sally Adams; Emma Mullings; Robbie M Cooper; Angela S Attwood; Marcus R Munafò

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.02.008

Methodological considerations in cognitive bias research: The next steps

Alia F Ataya, Sally Adams, Emma Mullings, Robbie M Cooper, Angela S Attwood, Marcus R Munafò

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Field and Christiansen (2012) comment on the importance of establishing and understanding the internal reliability of measures of substance-related cognitive bias, and suggest potential reasons for the poor reliability of some task variants. We agree that the impact of using stimuli personalized to the participant on the reliability of cognitive bias tasks is worthy of systematic investigation. However, some tasks may still be inherently less reliable than others. Ultimately, this debate should be framed within the wider debate on the validity of laboratory models and methods used to assess real-world phenomena.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-192
Number of pages	2
Journal	Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume	124
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.02.008
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2012

Keywords

alcohol drinking
attention
female
humans
male
smoking

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