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| The effects of anxiety on attentional processes in older adults | | Author(s) | L S Fox, B G Knight |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 9, no 6, November 2005 |
| Pages | pp 585-593 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Cognitive processes ; Mental speed ; Evaluation ; Pilot ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effects of anxiety on attentional processes have not previously been studied in older people under laboratory conditions. This study explored selective attention to threat - a cognitive component of anxiety - in older people. A novel age-appropriate mood induction technique was piloted for use with older participants. 68 older people were randomly assigned to neutral or anxious mood induction conditions, and completed emotional Stroop and dot-probe tasks. Significant selective-attention effects were found in older people induced into an anxious mood. Results suggest that anxious older people are at least as hyper-vigilant to mood congruent threatening information as has been shown with younger adults in other studies. These findings provide support for the application of these theories to older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060202245 A |
| Classmark | ENP: DA: DG: 4C: 4UC: 7T |
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