Reduced representations capacity in visual working memory in trait anxiety

Biological Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-99

  Qi, Senqing ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^c   Hitchman, Glenn ^b   Zeng, Qinghong ^b   Ding, Cody ^b,d   Li, Hong ^e   Hu, Weiping ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attentional control theory; Contralateral delay activity (CDA); Trait anxiety; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTRALATERAL DELAY ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAIT ANXIETY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; INDIVIDUALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHENOTYPE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907450988     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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