Anxiety-linked task performance: Dissociating the influence of restricted working memory capacity and increased investment of effort

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-781

  Hayes, Sarra ^a   MacLeod, Colin ^b   Hammond, Geoff ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 68049124526     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802131078     Document Type: Article

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