Threat cues and attentional bias in blood-injection-injury phobia and snake phobia

  1. Sánchez-Navarro, Juan Pedro 34
  2. Martínez-Selva, José M. 34
  3. Kosonogov, Vladimir 1
  4. Carrillo-Verdejo, Eduvigis 34
  5. Pineda Murcia, Sara 2
  6. Torrente Hernández, Ginesa 34
  1. 1 HSE University, Moscow (Russia)
  2. 2 Hospital Comarcal del Noroeste, Murcia (Spain)
  3. 3 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

  4. 4 IMIB, Murcia Institute of Biomedical Research (Spain)
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Journal:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Year of publication: 2021

Issue Title: Cerebro y conducta: un enfoque neurocientífico/psicofisiológico

Volume: 37

Issue: 3

Pages: 459-467

Type: Article

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.484051 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDIGITUM editor

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Abstract

El objetivo de esta investigación fue estudiar el efecto de una señal que indica la aparición de una imagen fóbica sobre la actividad electrocortical provocada por el estímulo relevante para el trastorno en la fobia a la sangre por lesión en inyección (BII) y la fobia a las serpientes. Una muestra de 13 participantes con fobia BII, 12 individuos con fobia a las serpientes y 14 controles no fóbicos se sometieron a una tarea S1-S2, donde S1 era una palabra que describía el contenido de una imagen posterior (relacionada con la sangre, serpiente y neutral) que apareció 2 segundos después (S2). Obtuvimos las amplitudes ERP P200 y P300 provocadas por las imágenes. Nuestros resultados revelan que P200 no diferenciaba entre el contenido de las imágenes en la fobia BII mientras que, por el contrario, las imágenes relacionadas con la serpiente y la sangre provocaron las respuestas más grandes en los participantes con fobia a las serpientes. Tanto las imágenes relacionadas con la sangre como las de serpientes provocaron amplitudes de P300 mayores que las imágenes neutrales en todos los grupos. Las señales de amenaza redujeron la reacción electrocortical del BII, posiblemente por la provocación de respuestas anticipatorias o reguladoras. Estos resultados son indicativos de una baja atención automática exógena hacia los estímulos temidos en la fobia BII, como lo revela P200, probablemente relacionado con una falta de sesgo de atención al objeto fóbico.

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This research was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Econom?a y Competitividad, Grants PSI2012-34441 and PSI2015-66769-P (MINECO/FEDER).

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