Modifying cognitive errors promotes cognitive well being: A new approach to bias modification

How can we enhance cognitive bias modification techniques? The effects of prospective cognition

“…First, the approach differs conceptually in that it broadens the content and cognitive processes targeted by training to go beyond interpretation of emotional ambiguity which are used by earlier versions of CBM for interpretation (CBM-I). This is because CBM-errors was specifically designed to manipulate the cognitive error categories originally identified by Beck, known to be prevalent in depression, and targeted during cognitive therapy (Lester, Mathews, Davison, Burgess, & Yiend, 2011). Second, the method seeks to improve the face validity of CBM content to reflect the full range and type of cognitive errors typically targeted in therapy.…”

“…Fifty ambiguous text passages were taken from the CBM-errors training used by Lester et al (2011). Passages were presented in 7 blocks, with the presentation of each item within the block being randomized.…”

“…Participants were instructed to rate each sentence on how similar it was to the meaning of the original ambiguous description on a scale from 1 to 4 (1 = very different, 4 = very similar). The SRT has been widely used and known to be sensitive to detect interpretive bias in previous CBM studies (Lester et al, 2011;Mackintosh, Mathews, Yiend, Ridgeway, & Cook, 2006;Mathews & Mackintosh, 2000;Yiend, Lee, et al, 2014;Yiend, Mackintosh, & Mathews, 2005).…”

“…Cognitive Bias Modification that targets interpretation biases (CBM-I) is a computerised experimental method for modifying the interpretation of emotionally ambiguous information, and has shown promising therapeutic effects in subclinical and clinical disorders (Blackwell & Holmes, 2010;Lang, Blackwell, Harmer, Davison, & Holmes, 2012;Lang, Moulds, & Holmes, 2009;Lester, Mathews, Davison, Burgess, & Yiend, 2011;Yiend, Lee, et al, 2014;Yiend, Parnes, Shepherd, Roche, & Cooper, 2014).…”

Modificación de Sesgos Cognitivos (MSC) en depresión: Una revisión crítica de nuevos procedimientos para el cambio de sesgos cognitivos

“…Una de las adaptaciones de este paradigma es el denominado MSC-errores (CBM-errors) (Lester, Mathews, Davison, Burgess y Yiend, 2011), que se creó con el objetivo de modificar los sesgos cognitivos definidos por Beck, Rush, Shaw y Emery (1979). Los estudios realizados en población con depresión subclínica y clínica han indicado que las personas que recibieron este entrenamiento mostraron interpretaciones más benignas de nuevas situaciones ambiguas que las del grupo control, aunque no se mostró una mejoría significativa en su estado emocional (Lester et al, 2011;Yiend et al, 2014).…”