The Relationship between Anxiety and Task Switching Ability

Amara Gul; Glyn W. Humphreys

The Relationship between Anxiety and Task Switching Ability

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This study examined task switching ability as a function of anxiety. Participants with mild anxiety switched between emotion and age classification among faces. There were few important results: (i) Individuals with anxiety categorized facial emotion faster than facial age (ii)There was a larger switch cost for age than the emotion categorization (iii) Anxiety was a significant predictor of task switch costs. We discussed why anxious individuals showed a deficit in cognitive control of facial attributes.

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Amara Gul, Glyn W. Humphreys. 2014. "The Relationship between Anxiety and Task Switching Ability". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities GJHSS-A Volume 14 (GJHSS Volume 14 Issue A6).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

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Anxiety attention cognition emotion face categorization task switching

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GJHSS-A Classification FOR Code: 170199

Submission ReceivedDecember 16, 2013
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