Attentional Control in Subclinical Anxiety and Depression: Depression Symptoms Are Associated With Deficits in Target Facilitation, Not Distractor Inhibition

Attentional Control in Subclinical Anxiety and Depression: Depression Symptoms Are Associated With Deficits in Target Facilitation, Not Distractor Inhibition

Mood and anxiety disorders are associated with deficits in attentional control involving emotive and non-emotive stimuli. Current theories focus on impaired attentional inhibition of distracting stimuli in producing these deficits. However, standard attention tasks struggle to separate distractor in...

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Main Authors: Alexandra C. Pike, Frida A. B. Printzlau, Alexander H. von Lautz, Catherine J. Harmer, Mark G. Stokes, MaryAnn P. Noonan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
attention
anxiety
depression
attentional bias
target facilitation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01660/full

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