Individual differences at high perceptual load: The relation between trait anxiety and selective attention

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 747-755

  Sadeh, Naomi ^a   Bredemeier, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Perceptual load; Selective attention; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHIPLEY INSTITUTE OF LIVING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELSH ANXIETY SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956070870     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.500566     Document Type: Article

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