Trait anxiety and impoverished prefrontal control of attention

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-98

  Bishop, Sonia J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149127190     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2242     Document Type: Article

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