Alterations of the attentional networks in patients with anxiety disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 888-895

  Pacheco Unguetti, Antonia Pilar ^a   Acosta, Alberto ^a   Marqués, Erika ^b   Lupiáñez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Aaron Beck Psychology Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Attentional networks; Disengaging attention; Executive function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAPPINESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSION; ORIENTATION; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CUES; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79961032228     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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