Making something out of nothing: Neutral content modulates attention in generalized anxiety disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 427-434

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Ciesielski, Bethany G ^a   Armstrong, Thomas ^a   Zhao, Mimi ^a   Zald, David H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; attentional control; emotion; GAD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EROTISM; FEAR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79955608011     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20806     Document Type: Article

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