Enhanced probing of attentional bias: The independence of anxiety-linked selectivity in attentional engagement with and disengagement from negative information

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1287-1302

  Grafton, Ben ^a,b   MacLeod, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional bias; Disengagement; Dot probe task; Emotional spatial cuing task; Engagement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905108791     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.881326     Document Type: Article

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