The effect of induced anxiety on cognition: Threat of shock enhances aversive processing in healthy individuals

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-227

  Robinson, Oliver J ^a   Letkiewicz, Allison M ^a   Overstreet, Cassie ^a   Ernst, Monique ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a   Ernst, M ^a   Grillon, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective bias; Anxiety; BIS BAS; Conflict adaptation; Resilience; Threat of shock

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 80051634306     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0030-5     Document Type: Article

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