Anxiety, inhibition, efficiency, and effectiveness. An investigation using antisaccade task.

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Effects of anxiety on the antisaccade task were assessed. Performance effectiveness on this task (indexed by error rate) reflects a conflict between volitional and reflexive responses resolved by inhibitory processes (Hutton, S. B., and Ettinger, U. (2006). The antisaccade task as a research tool in psychopathology: A critical review. Psychophysiology, 43, 302-313). However, latency of the first correct saccade reflects processing efficiency (relationship between performance effectiveness and...

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Authors: Derakshan, N; Ansari, T; Hansard, M; Shoker, L; Eysenck, M

• Journal: Experimental psychology
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 48-55
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.56.1.48
• ISSN: 1618-3169
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adult; Attention; Anxiety; Saccades; Reflex; Electrooculography; Orientation; Young Adult; Female; Male; Inhibition (Psychology); Humans; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Reaction Time; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted