Attentional control theory: Anxiety, emotion, and motor planning

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1072-1079

  Coombes, Stephen A ^a   Higgins, Torrie ^b   Gamble, Kelly M ^b   Cauraugh, James H ^b   Janelle, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Attention; Force production; Inhibition; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PINCH STRENGTH; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349974635     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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