Attention and Anxiety: Different Attentional Functioning Under State and Trait Anxiety
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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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The common EF impairment theory is fully compatible with theories positing impairment in executive attention associated with psychopathology.
“We view this theory as fully compatible with others who have posited impairment in “executive attention” associated with psychopathology (e.g., Gooding et al., 2006; Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010; Orellana et al., 2012; Maurage et al., 2014).”
From Advancing understanding of executive function impairments and psychopathology: bridging the gap between clinical and cognitive approaches (2015) · cites this paper as Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010
Other attentional processes (alerting and orienting) appear to be largely unimpaired in individuals with psychopathology.
“Finally, other attentional processes (alerting and orienting) appear to be largely unimpaired in individuals with psychopathology e.g., Gooding et al., 2006; Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010; Orellana et al., 2012; Maurage et al., 2014), suggesting that deficits are not due to lower-level attentional difficulties.”
From Advancing understanding of executive function impairments and psychopathology: bridging the gap between clinical and cognitive approaches (2015) · cites this paper as Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010
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- Authors
- Pacheco-Unguetti, A. P., Acosta, A., Callejas, A., & Lupiáñez, J.
- Affiliations
- Department of Experimental Psychology and Physiology of Behavior, University of Granada
- Universidad de Granada (ES)
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine
- Corresponding author
- Lupiáñez, Juan
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-01-22
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 298-304
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2158304818
- Cited by
- 415
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 31.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repository of the University of Granada (University of Granada) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
- Keywords
- anxiety, attention, trait anxiety, state anxiety, attentional networks, orienting, alerting, executive function, double dissociation, emotional information
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Anxiety, Arousal, Attention, Character, Female, Humans, Male, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Personality Inventory, Reaction Time, Young Adult, Executive Function
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