@article{ref1,
title="The effect of fear on attentional processing in a sample of healthy females",
journal="Journal of anxiety disorders",
year="2010",
author="Finucane, Anne M. and Power, M. J.",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="42-48",
abstract="The present experiment examines the effect of fear on efficiency of three attention networks: executive attention, orienting and alerting, in a healthy female sample. International Affective Picture System (IAPS) images were used to elicit both a fear response and a non-emotional response in 100 participants. During the emotion manipulation, participants performed a modified version of the Attention Network Test (ANT). Results showed enhanced executive attention in the fear condition compared to the control condition. Specifically, during a fear experience participants were better able to inhibit irrelevant information resulting in faster response times to a target. There was no effect of fear on orienting while the effect of fear on alerting was inconclusive. It is suggested that enhanced executive attention in fear-eliciting situations may function to focus attention on a potentially threat-related target, thus facilitating subsequent rapid responding.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-6185",
doi="10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.08.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.08.005"
}