The role of consciousness in attentional control differences in trait anxiety

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 923-931

  Berggren, Nick ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional control theory; Response priming; Unconscious processing

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84880035947     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.750235     Document Type: Article

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