@article{ref1,
title="The effect of the perception of mild degrees of threat on performance",
journal="Journal of abnormal and social psychology",
year="1952",
author="Combs, Arthur W. and Taylor, Charles",
volume="47",
number="2, Suppl 1",
pages="420-424",
abstract="<p><br/>&quot;The prediction was made that the introduction of a mild degree of personal threat in the course of the solution of a simple task would result in an increase of time required to complete the task and of errors in performance.&quot; 50 college students were given the task of translating sentences into a simple code. Mildly threatening sentences were interspersed among neutral sentences. With a single exception threat sentences required longer to complete and produced greater errors in translation. &quot;Experimental results appear to amply demonstrate the prediction.&quot; (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)</p><p />",
language="",
issn="0096-851X",
doi="10.1037/h0057196",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0057196"
}