Failure to filter: Anxious individuals show inefficient gating of threat from working memory

Dispositional anxiety is a well-established risk factor for the development of psychiatric disorders along the internalizing spectrum, including anxiety and depression. Importantly, many of the maladaptive behaviors characteristic of anxiety, such as anticipatory apprehension, occur when threat is a...

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Main Authors: Daniel M Stout, Alexander J Shackman, Christine L Larson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00058/full