The effect of negative affect on cognition: Anxiety, not anger, impairs executive function

Emotion

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 792-797

  Shields, Grant S ^a   Moo, Wesley G ^b   Tewell, Carl A ^a   Yonelinas, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Moons Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Executive function; Negative affect; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MODEL; MOOD; PSYCINFO; SELF REPORT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992311326     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000151     Document Type: Article

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