Anxiety, inhibition, efficiency, and effectiveness: An investigation using the Antisaccade task

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-55

  Derakshan, Nazanin ^a   Ansari, Tahereh L ^a   Hansard, Miles ^a   Shoker, Leor ^a   Eysenck, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisaccade task; Anxiety; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Eye movements; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SACCADES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749123059     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.56.1.48     Document Type: Article

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