“…An alternative explanation for the inconsistent results might be that the dot-probe task in itself has insufficient reliability. Several studies indeed indicated that individual bias scores are not very stable over time (Brown et al, 2014;Cooper et al, 2011;Enock, Hofmann, & McNally, 2014;Kappenman, Farrens, Luck, & Proudfit, 2014;Schmukle, 2005;Staugaard, 2009;van Bockstaele et al, 2011;Waechter, Nelson, Wright, Hyatt, & Oakman, 2014;Waechter & Stolz, 2015), rendering the method not very suitable for investigating intra-individual differences. It is suggested that the low reliability might, at least in part, be explained by the high variability in response times between individuals (Waechter et al, 2014).…”