Scared stiff: The influence of anxiety on the perception of action capabilities

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1301-1315

  Graydon, Meagan M ^a   Linkenauger, Sally A ^b   Teachman, Bethany A ^a   Proffitt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affordance perception; Anxious arousal; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AFFORDANCE PERCEPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANXIETY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84866266378     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.667391     Document Type: Article

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