Attentional impairment in anxiety: Inefficiency in expanding the scope of attention

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-249

  Najmi, Sadia ^a   Kuckertz, Jennie M ^a   Amir, Nader ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; attention; attention constriction; attention narrowing; attention scope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ATTENTION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860647878     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20900     Document Type: Article

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