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