Impact of working memory load on cognitive control in trait anxiety: An ERP study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Qi, Senqing ^a   Zeng, Qinghong ^b   Luo, Yangmei ^a   Duan, Haijun ^a   Ding, Cody ^c   Hu, Weiping ^a   Li, Hong ^d  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TRAIT ANXIETY; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ETIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932111492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111791     Document Type: Article

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