Sleep-related attentional bias in poor versus good sleepers is independent of affective valence

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 414-421

  Barclay, Nicola L ^a   Ellis, Jason G ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Cognitive processes; Emotional Stroop; Insomnia; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ATTENTION BIAS; COGNITIVE PROCESSES; EMOTIONAL STROOP; INSOMNIA; SLEEP;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84880510712     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12035     Document Type: Article

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