Trait anxiety and the neural efficiency of manipulation in working memory

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 571-588

  Basten, Ulrike ^a,b,c   Stelzel, Christine ^c   Fiebach, Christian J ^a,c,d,e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d IDeA Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Cognitive control; Functional connectivity; Personality .Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84870946898     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0100-3     Document Type: Article

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