Threat-evoked anxiety disrupts spatial working memory performance: An attentional account

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 489-504

  Lavric, Aureliu ^a   Rippon, Gina ^b   Gray, Jeremy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Threat; Verbal and spatial working memory; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 3242816061     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026300619569     Document Type: Article

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