Attention and anxiety: different attentional functioning under state and trait anxiety.
Psychol Sci
; 21(2): 298-304, 2010 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Anxiety modulates the functioning of attention. Although the existence of this relationship is clear, its nature is still poorly defined. Added are the facts that different types of anxiety--state or trait--may influence attention differently and that attention is not a unitary system. We studied the influence of such types of anxiety by means of a task that, using emotionally neutral information, assesses the efficiency of three attentional networks orienting, alerting, and executive control. Results showed a double dissociation. Trait anxiety was related to deficiencies in the executive control network, but state anxiety was associated with an overfunctioning of the alerting and orienting networks.
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Asunto principal:
Ansiedad
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Orientación
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Reconocimiento Visual de Modelos
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Tiempo de Reacción
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Atención
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Carácter
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychol Sci
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España