Psychological entropy: A framework for understanding uncertainty-related anxiety

Psychological Review

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-320

  Hirsh, Jacob B ^a   Mar, Raymond A ^b   Peterson, Jordan B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioral inhibition; Entropy; Self organization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFLICT; ENTROPY; FEAR; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTIVATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ENTROPY; FEAR; GOALS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERCEPTION; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84860355725     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026767     Document Type: Article

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