Trait anxiety impairs cognitive flexibility when overcoming a task acquired response and a preexisting bias.

Individuals with high trait anxiety tend to be worse at flexibly adapting goal-directed behavior to meet changing demands relative to those with low trait anxiety. Past research on anxiety and cognitive flexibility has used tasks that involve overcoming a recently acquired rule, strategy, or respons...

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Main Authors: Cristina G Wilson, Amy T Nusbaum, Paul Whitney, John M Hinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6160151?pdf=render