Approach bias modification training to increase physical activity: A pilot randomized controlled trial in healthy volunteers

Approach bias modification training to increase physical activity: A pilot randomized controlled trial in healthy volunteers

Regular physical activity is associated with better physical and mental health outcomes as well as higher quality of life. This pilot randomized controlled trial examined whether approach bias modification, an economical and easily accessible computerized cognitive training, could increase objective...

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Published in:Journal of health psychology Vol. 26; no. 13; pp. 2470 - 2486
Main Authors: Preis, Mira A, Zellerhoff, Marisa, Brockmeyer, Timo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-11-2021
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Bias
Clinical trials
Cognitive bias
Cognitive skills training
Computerization
Cues
Health status
Implicit learning
Mental health
Physical activity
Quality of life
Volunteers
cognitive bias modification
approach-avoidance task
overweight
obesity
automatic approach tendencies
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Summary:Regular physical activity is associated with better physical and mental health outcomes as well as higher quality of life. This pilot randomized controlled trial examined whether approach bias modification, an economical and easily accessible computerized cognitive training, could increase objectively and subjectively measured physical activity in individuals aiming for more physical activity. Forty healthy volunteers of normal weight were randomly allocated to six sessions of approach bias modification or no treatment. The approach bias modification adopted an implicit learning paradigm that trained participants to show approach behavior in response to visual cues of physical activity. Approach bias modification did not increase objectively and subjectively measured physical activity.
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ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105320913936