Effect of attention control on sustained attention during induced anxiety

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 700-712

  Grillon, Christian ^a   Robinson, Oliver J ^a,b   Mathur, Ambika ^a,c   Ernst, Monique ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; SART; Stress; Threat of shock; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION CONTROL SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TASK UNRELATED THOUGHT; THINKING; THREAT; FEAR; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEAR; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX, STARTLE;

EID: 84928254291     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1024614     Document Type: Article

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