Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysis
Many studies have illustrated the close relationship between anxiety disorders and attentional functioning, but the relationship between trait anxiety and attentional bias remains controversial. This study examines the effect of trait anxiety on the time course of attention to emotional stimuli usin...
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| description | Many studies have illustrated the close relationship between anxiety disorders and attentional functioning, but the relationship between trait anxiety and attentional bias remains controversial. This study examines the effect of trait anxiety on the time course of attention to emotional stimuli using materials from the International Affective Picture System. Participants with high vs. low trait anxiety (HTA vs. LTA) viewed four categories of pictures simultaneously: dysphoric, threatening, positive, and neutral. Their eye-movements for each emotional stimulus were recorded for static and dynamic analysis. Data were analyzed using a mixed linear model and growth curve analysis. Specifically, the HTA group showed a greater tendency to avoid threatening stimuli and more pupil diameter variation in the early period of stimulus presentation (0–7.9 s). The HTA group also showed a stronger attentional bias toward positive and dysphoric stimuli in the middle and late period of stimulus presentation (7.9–30 s). These results suggest that trait anxiety has a significant temporal effect on attention to emotional stimuli, and that this effect mainly manifests after 7 s. In finding stronger attentional avoidance of threatening stimuli and more changes in neural activity, as well as a stronger attentional bias toward positive stimuli, this study provides novel insights on the relationship between trait anxiety and selective attention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da7352aec1ed4d30b755e2aeea4cb9d32022-12-22T04:30:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2022-09-011610.3389/fnins.2022.972892972892Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysisChen XingYajuan ZhangHongliang LuXia ZhuDanmin MiaoMany studies have illustrated the close relationship between anxiety disorders and attentional functioning, but the relationship between trait anxiety and attentional bias remains controversial. This study examines the effect of trait anxiety on the time course of attention to emotional stimuli using materials from the International Affective Picture System. Participants with high vs. low trait anxiety (HTA vs. LTA) viewed four categories of pictures simultaneously: dysphoric, threatening, positive, and neutral. Their eye-movements for each emotional stimulus were recorded for static and dynamic analysis. Data were analyzed using a mixed linear model and growth curve analysis. Specifically, the HTA group showed a greater tendency to avoid threatening stimuli and more pupil diameter variation in the early period of stimulus presentation (0–7.9 s). The HTA group also showed a stronger attentional bias toward positive and dysphoric stimuli in the middle and late period of stimulus presentation (7.9–30 s). These results suggest that trait anxiety has a significant temporal effect on attention to emotional stimuli, and that this effect mainly manifests after 7 s. In finding stronger attentional avoidance of threatening stimuli and more changes in neural activity, as well as a stronger attentional bias toward positive stimuli, this study provides novel insights on the relationship between trait anxiety and selective attention.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.972892/fulltrait anxietyattentioncognitive biasinformation processingeye movementsgrowth curve analysis |
| spellingShingle | Chen Xing Yajuan Zhang Hongliang Lu Xia Zhu Danmin Miao Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysis Frontiers in Neuroscience trait anxiety attention cognitive bias information processing eye movements growth curve analysis |
| title | Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysis |
| title_full | Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysis |
| title_fullStr | Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysis |
| title_short | Trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time: A growth curve analysis |
| title_sort | trait anxiety affects attentional bias to emotional stimuli across time a growth curve analysis |
| topic | trait anxiety attention cognitive bias information processing eye movements growth curve analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.972892/full |
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