中文摘要：

注意偏向是指注意对某一类特定信息的优势分配、维持倾向与解脱困难,近年来被证明是一些心理疾病产生、发展的原因。疼痛相关信息作为一类特殊信息也能够引起普遍的注意偏向,这种现象在健康人和疼痛患者身上均有表现,同时具有差异。研究者认为注意偏向对慢性痛的形成和维持具有重要作用,但具体作用尚未明确。本文梳理了疼痛相关信息的注意偏向这一领域理论、研究方法和结果的进展,在此基础上指出现存研究的问题和未来发展的趋势。

英文摘要：

Attentional bias, the preferential allocation of attention upon specific type of information and a difficulty disengaging attention from it, plays a key role in the development of mental disorders. Likewise, attentional bias towards pain-related information, which contributes to the etiology and maintenance of chronic pain, is an aubiquitous phenomenon. Attentional bias was discovered in both healthy individuals and patients with chronic pain, but the difference on attentional bias between them is inconclusive. Author reviewed the methodology and theories in this field, and discussed the unsolved problem sand future research directions.