Links between neuroticism, emotional distress, and disengaging attention: Evidence from a single-target RSVP task

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1510-1519

  Bredemeier, Keith ^a   Berenbaum, Howard ^a   Most, Steven B ^b   Simons, Daniel J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Depression; Disengagement; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84855654467     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.549460     Document Type: Article

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