Attention and anxiety: Different attentional functioning under state and trait anxiety

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Pacheco Unguetti, Antonia Pilar ^a   Acosta, Alberto ^a   Callejas, Alicia ^b   Lupiáñez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Attention network test; State anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHARACTER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHARACTER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951287880     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609359624     Document Type: Article

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