Does a high working memory capacity attenuate the negative impact of trait anxiety on attentional control? Evidence from the antisaccade task

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 400-412

  Wright, Caitlin A ^a   Dobson, Keith S ^a   Sears, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisaccade task; Attentional control; Trait anxiety; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISACCADE TASK; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRACTIBILITY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TRAIT ANXIETY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WORKING MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PREDICTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84899458274     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2014.901331     Document Type: Article

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