Unreliability of the dot probe task

Citations Over TimeTop 11% of 2005 papers

Abstract

The dot probe task is a widely used measure of attention allocation to threatening stimuli. The present two studies examine the reliability of different versions of this task using words as well as pictures as stimulus material. Estimates of both internal consistency and retest reliability over one week lead to the conclusion that the dot probe task is a completely unreliable measure of attentional allocation in non‐clinical samples. This unreliability may explain the inconsistent findings for the dot probe task as reported in the literature. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Related Papers

• → Measure for measure,' II(1895)2 cited
• The Axiomatization Definition of the Pseudo Measure of Fuzziness and the Pseudo Measure of Fuzziness of a Cosine Function(1999)
• Influence of Main Factors in Industry Measurement on Measure Accuracy(2002)
• → “Measure for measure.”(1874)
• → Review: William Shakespeare: Measure for Measure * Kate Chedgzoy: William Shakespeare: Measure for Measure(2002)