Development of a new attention bias modification method using irritable bowel syndrome as an anxiety model case

• Project/Area Number: 20H01779
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10040:Experimental psychology-related
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Jun Kawahara 北海道大学, 文学研究院, 教授 (30322241)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 田山 淳 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 教授 (10468324)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
• Keywords: 注意バイアス / 過敏性腸症候群 / 視覚的注意 / attention / attentional capture / irritable bowel syndrome / 不安 / 選択的注意 / ネガティブ情動 / 空間的注意 / 状態不安 / 特性不安 / 注意

Outline of Research at the Start

本研究の目的は，注意研究者と臨床応用研究者が手を組み，基礎研究で挙げられた主要な注意制御要因が，実世界で問題となる不安の注意バイアスの修正効率を上げるかを検証することである。過敏性腸症候群罹患者は学校不適応問題が生じやすいことから，昨今の社会状況に適した効率的なスクリーニング手法を開発する。対象者を選定した後，注意バイアス強度を増大する変数を特定する。注意の競合，履歴効果，および利用・実在性がこの際の最初に操作の対象となることが見込まれる。EEG計測から過敏性腸症候群での注意変調の神経対件を得て，注意バイアス測定の精度とバイアス修正効率を向上させる技術を開発する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Attention is one of the main cognitive functions responsible for information selection and is directed towards physically salient attributes and objects that are consistent with the mental situation. The present study investigated attention bias, a condition in which attention is more likely to be directed to situations and objects related to an anxious state. Study 1 examined whether gastrointestinal symptom-related words are more attentive than negative words to subjects with a tendency towards irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Individuals with high state anxiety were found to be routinely attentive and alert to gastrointestinal symptom-related words. Study 2 examined the effect of the internet-based attention bias modification method (iABM) on reducing anxiety among general workers.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

注意バイアス測定法の研究は精神疾患の理解，状態の改善に貢献しうる。特に研究2の成果は，介入群における反応時間が改善されたことを示している。この事実は、介入群における者の注意バイアスが正常化したことを意味する可能性がある。また、介入群で状態不安が有意に低下したことから、本研究で開発したiABMがマイルドな不安の軽減に寄与することが示唆される。注意バイアスは不安症状やうつ症状などの精神疾患に関連しているため，今後の研究によって，注意バイアスがどのように病態の発症や維持に影響を与えるかを理解することに貢献するだろう。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Warwick University(英国)
• [Journal Article] Efficacy of neurofeedback training for improving attentional performance in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
  • Author(s): Kimura Ikko、Noyama Hiroki、Onagawa Ryoji、Takemi Mitsuaki、Osu Rieko、Kawahara Jun-ichiro
  • Journal Title: Imaging Neuroscience Volume: 2 Pages: 1-23
  • DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00053
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Effects of wearing an opaque or transparent face mask on the perception of facial expressions: A comparative study between Japanese school-aged children and adults (2023)
  • Author(s): Miyazaki Yuki、Kamatani Miki、Tsurumi Shuma、Suda Tomokazu、Wakasugi Kei、Matsunaga Kaori、Kawahara Jun I
  • Journal Title: Perception Volume: 52 Issue: 11-12 Pages: 782-798
  • DOI: 10.1177/03010066231200693
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Occlusion of faces by sanitary masks improves facial attractiveness of other races (2023)
  • Author(s): Kamatani Miki、Miyazaki Yuki、Kawahara Jun I.
  • Journal Title: Frontiers in Psychology Volume: 13 Pages: 01-11
  • DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.953389
• [Journal Article] Attentional biases toward real images and drawings of negative faces (2022)
  • Author(s): Tanda Tomoyuki、Toyomori Kai、Kawahara Jun I.
  • Journal Title: Acta Psychologica Volume: 229 Pages: 103665-103665
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103665
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Infants’ anticipatory eye movements: feature-based attention guides infants’ visual attention (2022)
  • Author(s): Tsurumi Shuma、Kanazawa So、Yamaguchi Masami K.、Kawahara Jun-ichiro
  • Journal Title: Experimental Brain Research Volume: 240 Issue: 9 Pages: 2277-2284
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00221-022-06428-1
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Processing symmetry between visual and auditory spatial representations in updating working memory (2022)
  • Author(s): Maezawa Tomoki、Kawahara Jun I
  • Journal Title: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Volume: 76 Issue: 3 Pages: 672-704
  • DOI: 10.1177/17470218221103253
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of upper visual field bias for faces in infants (2022)
  • Author(s): Tsurumi Shuma、Kanazawa So、Yamaguchi Masami K.、Kawahara Jun‐ichiro
  • Journal Title: Developmental Science Volume: e13262 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1111/desc.13262
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Inhibitory template for visual marking with endogenous spatial cueing (2020)
  • Author(s): Yamauchi Kenji ＆ Kawahara Jun I.
  • Journal Title: Visual Cognition Volume: 28 Issue: 10 Pages: 581-604
  • DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2020.1842834
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Replicability of the Curvature Effect as a Function of Presentation Time and Response Measure in Japanese Observers (2020)
  • Author(s): Maezawa Tomoki、Tanda Tomoyuki、Kawahara Jun I.
  • Journal Title: i-Perception Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-16
  • DOI: 10.1177/2041669520915204
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Search and concealment strategies in the spatiotemporal domain (2020)
  • Author(s): Ito Motohiro、Kawahara Jun
  • Journal Title: Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics Volume: - Issue: 5 Pages: 2393-2414
  • DOI: 10.3758/s13414-020-01976-6
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] An object-based template for rejection effect (2020)
  • Author(s): Tanda Tomoyuki、Kawahara Jun
  • Journal Title: Visual Cognition Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Pages: 87-96
  • DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2020.1722774
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Examining the Effect of Partial Occlusion on Facial Attractiveness by a De-Mosaicking Task (2023)
  • Author(s): Kawahara, J., & Tsurumi, S.
  • Organizer: Psychonomic Society
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Upper visual field advantage in object detection (2023)
  • Author(s): Tsurumi, S., & Kawahara, J.
  • Organizer: Vision Sciences Society
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 視覚特徴の数が積極的な注意抑制に与える影響 (2023)
  • Author(s): 反田智之・河原純一郎
  • Organizer: 日本基礎心理学会
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 日本の制度下における撮影視点バイアスの再検討ー検定力分析を用いてー (2023)
  • Author(s): 反田智之, 仲真紀子, 河原純一郎
  • Organizer: 法と心理学会
• [Presentation] Active attentional suppression and its limitations in the template-for-rejection effect (2023)
  • Author(s): Tanda, T., ＆ Kawahara, J.
  • Organizer: Vision Sciences Society
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Attractiveness amplification effect of the loss of asymmetry in profiles (2022)
  • Author(s): Kamatani. M., Yamauchi. K., Tomoyuki. T., Maezawa. T., & Kawahara. J.
  • Organizer: Vision Science Society 22th Annual meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Attentional biases toward real images and drawings of negative faces (2022)
  • Author(s): Tanda, T., Toyomori, K., & Kawahara, J. I.
  • Organizer: Vision Science Society 22th Annual meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 注意の積極的抑制は潜在標的特徴の種類数に依存する (2022)
  • Author(s): 反田智之・河原純一郎
  • Organizer: 日本基礎心理学会第41回大会
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 注意の生涯発達心理学 (2020)
  • Author(s): 坂田 陽子、日比 優子、河西 哲子(河原純一郎，第3章)
  • Total Pages: 212
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版
  • ISBN: 9784779514524