Randomness as a behavioral marker of attentional control during the attention training technique and its neural correlates (opens in new tab)

BackgroundThe Attention Training Technique (ATT) is a core intervention of metacognitive therapy (MCT) effective in reducing repetitive negative thinking by engaging the lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC). The current study tests whether a parallel random number generation (RNG) task can serve as a behavioral marker of attentional engagement.MethodsWe conducted two studies using the fMRI-adapted ATT paradigm combined with a parallel RNG task. In the behavioral study (N = 36), we compared two tas...