High visual working memory capacity in trait social anxiety

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Moriya, Jun ^a,b   Sugiura, Yoshinori ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATE ANXIETY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAIT SOCIAL ANXIETY; VISUAL WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; INDIVIDUALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859492731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034244     Document Type: Article

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