Effects of threat cues on attentional shifting, disengagement and response slowing in anxious individuals

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 656-667

  Mogg, Karin ^a   Holmes, Amanda ^a   Garner, Matthew ^a   Bradley, Brendan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional bias; Disengagement; Response slowing; Shift; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 41949136902     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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