The neural correlates of cognitive effort in anxiety: Effects on processing efficiency

Biological Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Ansari, Tahereh L ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional control; CNV; Effort; ERP; Processing efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952310794     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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