Trait susceptibility to worry modulates the effects of cognitive load on cognitive control: An ERP study

Emotion

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 544-549

  Owens, Max ^a,b   Derakhshan, Nazanin ^a,c   Richards, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Cognitive load; ERPs; Flanker; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT WORRY; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; WORRY DOMAINS QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942829097     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000052     Document Type: Article

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