Anxiety impairs inhibitory control but not volitional action control

The antisaccade task requires the inhibition of a reflexive saccade toward an abrupt peripheral stimulus, and the rapid generation of a saccade to its mirror position. Accumulating evidence (see Derakshan and Eysenck, 2009) indicates that anxiety results in longer antisaccade latencies, supporting t...

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Main Authors: Ansari, T, Derakshan, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010