Emotional cuing to test attentional network functioning in trait anxiety
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: The Attention Networks Test (ANT) has been widely used to assess the\n\t\t\t\t three attentional networks proposed by Posner and his collaborators. Here\n\t\t\t\t we present a version of the ANT that uses emotionally laden words as cues\n\t\t\t\t to evaluate the functioning of the attention networks and their interactions.\n\t\t\t\t University students participated in the task and the results replicated those\n\t\t\t\t found in previous studies with the original version of the test. Then, those\n\t\t\t\t with extreme scores on a trait anxiety scale, STAI (State Trait Anxiety\n\t\t\t\t Inventory) were assigned to the low or the high anxiety group. The high\n\t\t\t\t anxiety group showed normal patterns in the functioning of the three\n\t\t\t\t attentional networks, but negative cues modulated the interaction between\n\t\t\t\t the orienting and the executive network. These participants failed to narrow\n\t\t\t\t the attention focus to cover the region containing the target, affecting\n\t\t\t\t conflict resolution in incongruent trials.
Institution: Universitat Jaume I
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Fundación Caja Castellón
OpenAlex ID: W1553331147