Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task
Abstract The present study investigated the neural correlates of attentional deficits in fibromyalgia through an Oddball Dual Task and an Emotional Stroop Task, both performed during EEG recordings. Thirty female participants were recruited, being divided into two groups: a group of patients with fi...
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| description | Abstract The present study investigated the neural correlates of attentional deficits in fibromyalgia through an Oddball Dual Task and an Emotional Stroop Task, both performed during EEG recordings. Thirty female participants were recruited, being divided into two groups: a group of patients with fibromyalgia (FM, n = 15, M age = 51.87, SDage = 7.12) and a healthy control group (HC, n = 15, M age = 46.13, SDage = 8.41). In the Emotional Stroop Task, the behavioural results showed that patients with FM had less hits and longer times reactions than healthy controls. These results were consistent with those obtained with our Event-related Potential (ERP) methodology, which evidenced that patients with FM had higher frontal latencies in the P200 time-window compared to healthy controls. Regarding the Oddball Dual Task, we found that patients with FM had lower P300 amplitudes than healthy participants. Moreover, we found that rare stimuli elicited higher P300 amplitudes than frequent stimuli for healthy controls, but this comparison was non-significant for patients with FM. Taken together, our results suggest that fibromyalgia may be associated to a reduced processing speed, along to reduced neural resources to process stimuli, mainly in distinguishing relevant (rare) and irrelevant (frequent) stimuli according to the goals of the task. Altogether, our results seem to support the hypothesis of generalized attentional deficits in FM. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a94aedcdc2e4c70b1f747b4518adfd22024-03-05T20:45:35ZengBMCBMC Psychology2050-72832024-02-0112111210.1186/s40359-024-01601-3Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop taskSusana Cardoso0Carina Fernandes1Fernando Barbosa2Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), University of MaiaLaboratory of Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of PortoLaboratory of Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of PortoAbstract The present study investigated the neural correlates of attentional deficits in fibromyalgia through an Oddball Dual Task and an Emotional Stroop Task, both performed during EEG recordings. Thirty female participants were recruited, being divided into two groups: a group of patients with fibromyalgia (FM, n = 15, M age = 51.87, SDage = 7.12) and a healthy control group (HC, n = 15, M age = 46.13, SDage = 8.41). In the Emotional Stroop Task, the behavioural results showed that patients with FM had less hits and longer times reactions than healthy controls. These results were consistent with those obtained with our Event-related Potential (ERP) methodology, which evidenced that patients with FM had higher frontal latencies in the P200 time-window compared to healthy controls. Regarding the Oddball Dual Task, we found that patients with FM had lower P300 amplitudes than healthy participants. Moreover, we found that rare stimuli elicited higher P300 amplitudes than frequent stimuli for healthy controls, but this comparison was non-significant for patients with FM. Taken together, our results suggest that fibromyalgia may be associated to a reduced processing speed, along to reduced neural resources to process stimuli, mainly in distinguishing relevant (rare) and irrelevant (frequent) stimuli according to the goals of the task. Altogether, our results seem to support the hypothesis of generalized attentional deficits in FM.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01601-3Attention biasAttentional deficitsChronic painOddball dual taskEmotional stroop taskEEG |
| spellingShingle | Susana Cardoso Carina Fernandes Fernando Barbosa Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task BMC Psychology Attention bias Attentional deficits Chronic pain Oddball dual task Emotional stroop task EEG |
| title | Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task |
| title_full | Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task |
| title_fullStr | Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task |
| title_short | Attentional deficits in fibromyalgia: an ERP study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task |
| title_sort | attentional deficits in fibromyalgia an erp study with the oddball dual task and emotional stroop task |
| topic | Attention bias Attentional deficits Chronic pain Oddball dual task Emotional stroop task EEG |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01601-3 |
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