Selective Processing of Gastrointestinal Symptom-related Stimuli in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Muhammad Afzal, MRCP,
John P. Potokar, MD,
Christopher S. J. Probert, MD, FRCP, ITLM and
Marcus R. Munafò, PhD
From the Department of Gastroenterology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, United Kingdom (M.A.); Academic Unit of Psychiatry, Cotham House, Bristol, United Kingdom (J.P.P.); Clinical Science at South Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom (C.S.J.P.); Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom (M.R.M.).

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Figure 1. Color-naming interference (ms) in unmasked and masked conditions for healthy controls and IBS patients. Mean color-naming interference scores are presented, grouped by clinical status (healthy control or IBS patient) and presentation (supraliminal or subliminal). The interference score index reflects the word type effect in the original analysis of variance, with positive values indicating a greater interference effect of symptom-related words compared with neutral words. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.
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