Different Mechanism of Covert and Overt Attention in Anxious and NonanxiousPopulation

28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society & 5th International Conference of the Cognitive Science

CHOI, Moon-gee ([e-mail])

PID  :  123280

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

A modified Posner cuetarget paradigm in which neutral,positive and negative (threat) words were presented inperipheral location for cue was used to investigate thedifference of engagement component of attention acrossemotional valence and anxiety level of participants. Resultsshowed an interaction effect between anxiety level ofparticipants and emotional valence of cue in valid trial. Thisindicates that the engage component of attention is not