Effects of threat cues on attentional shifting, disengagement and response slowing in anxious individuals

According to cognitive models of anxiety, attentional biases for threat may cause or maintain anxiety states. Previous research using spatial cueing tasks has been interpreted in terms of difficulty in disengaging attention from threat in anxious individuals, as indicated by contrasts of response ti...

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Main Authors: Mogg, Karin (Author), Holmes, Amanda (Author), Garner, Matthew (Author), Bradley, Brendan P. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008-05.
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