Anxiety and cognitive performance: Attentional control theory

Emotion

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 336-353

  Eysenck, Michael W ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^b   Santos, Rita ^a   Calvo, Manuel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional control; Cognition; Cognitive performance; Inhibition; Shifting

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROL; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34249066682     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.2.336     Document Type: Review

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