The effects of active worrying on working memory capacity

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 995-1003

  Sari, Berna A ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; attentional control; change detection; working memory capacity; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT WORRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY; ADOLESCENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962844397     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1170668     Document Type: Article

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