Emotional Encoding Context Leads to Memory Bias in Individuals with High Anxiety

We investigated whether anxious individuals, who adopt an inherently negative mindset, demonstrate a particularly salient memory bias for words tainted by negative contexts. To this end, sequentially presented target words, overlayed onto negative or neutral pictures, were studied in separate blocks...

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Main Authors: Christopher Lee, Myra A. Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/8/1/6