Does neurocognitive function affect cognitive bias toward an emotional stimulus? Association between general attentional ability and attentional bias toward threat

Does neurocognitive function affect cognitive bias toward an emotional stimulus? Association between general attentional ability and attentional bias toward threat

Background: Although poorer cognitive performance has been found to be associated with anxiety, it remains unclear whether neurocognitive function affects biased cognitive processing toward emotional information. We investigated whether general cognitive function evaluated with a standard neuropsych...

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Main Authors: Yuko eHakamata, Mie eMatsui, Hirokuni eTagaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Attention
emotion
attentional bias
cognitive bias
neurocognitive function
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00881/full

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