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Implicit memory bias and trait anxiety: a psychophysiological analysis.
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The effect of threatening words and anxiety upon implicit memory performance was investigated. It was predicted that anxious individuals would show a bias to threat-related material. In addition, psychophysiological measures were obtained to assess the ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003Feb
in Journal: Biol Psychol
(Language : eng)
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2003 Feb;62(2):97-114
Implicit memory bias and trait anxiety: a psychophysiological analysis.
Harrison LK, Turpin G
Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. l.k.harrison@bham.ac.uk
The effect of threatening words and anxiety upon implicit memory performance was investigated. It was predicted that anxious individuals would show a bias to threat-related material. In addition, psychophysiological measures were obtained to assess the attentional and encoding processes that might underlie this cognitive bias. Forty participants were equally allocated to high and low trait anxious groups, according to pre-determined cut-offs. All participants were exposed to threat and non-threat words and following a filler task, were asked to complete primed and unprimed wordstems. Implicit memory performance was assessed in terms of accuracy and reaction time for completion. Heart rate and electrodermal responses were measured. Results demonstrated initial increased cardiac deceleration to threat stimuli, subsequent cardiac acceleration to non-threat stimuli, and an implicit memory bias to non-threat material by all participants. These findings are discussed in relation to the 'vigilance-avoidance' model of attention to threat stimuli.
PMID : 12581686 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Lesley K | Harrison | LK |
| Graham | Turpin | G |
Affiliation: Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. l.k.harrison@bham.ac.uk
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