Substance addiction has become an international social problem.There is a long history research on substance addiction.It has been found that attentional bias for addiction-related clues play an important role in the occurrence,development,maintenance and relapse of individual addiction.At present,the research of the attentional bias for substance addiction is at a preliminary stage.Here is to make a review on attentional biasof substance addiction from the perspective of study methods and clinical applications,providing basis for the future addiction research and treatment.