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AttentionCARE: replicability of a BCI for the clinical application of augmented reality-guided EEG-based attention modification for adolescents at high risk for depression
- Source :
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol 18 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2024.
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Abstract
- Affect-biased attention is the phenomenon of prioritizing attention to emotionally salient stimuli and away from goal-directed stimuli. It is thought that affect-biased attention to emotional stimuli is a driving factor in the development of depression. This effect has been well-studied in adults, but research shows that this is also true during adolescence, when the severity of depressive symptoms are correlated with the magnitude of affect-biased attention to negative emotional stimuli. Prior studies have shown that trainings to modify affect-biased attention may ameliorate depression in adults, but this research has also been stymied by concerns about reliability and replicability. This study describes a clinical application of augmented reality-guided EEG-based attention modification (“AttentionCARE”) for adolescents who are at highest risk for future depressive disorders (i.e., daughters of depressed mothers). Our results (n = 10) indicated that the AttentionCARE protocol can reliably and accurately provide neurofeedback about adolescent attention to negative emotional distractors that detract from attention to a primary task. Through several within and cross-study replications, our work addresses concerns about the lack of reliability and reproducibility in brain-computer interface applications, offering insights for future interventions to modify affect-biased attention in high-risk adolescents.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16625161
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1f9bc94690b748018fd444b51ddc8df8
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1360218