Neural correlates of inefficient filtering of emotionally neutral distractors from working memory in trait anxiety

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 253-265

  Qi, Senqing ^a,c   Ding, Cody ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a,c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contralateral delay activity (CDA); Filtering efficiency; N2pc; Trait anxiety; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897520101     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0203-5     Document Type: Article

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