The effect of high and low trait anxiety on implicit and explicit memory tasks
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Cognition and Emotion
- Vol. 8 (2) , 147-163
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02699939408408933
Abstract
Two experiments were conducted assessing the presence of explicit and implicit memory biases for threatening material in high and low trait anxious college students. No implicit memory bias for threat words was found in either experiment. Futher, an explicit free recall bias for threat words in anxious subjects was found in Experiment 1, but was not replicated in Experiment 2. The inconsistent research literature on memory biases in anxious individuals is discussed and directions for future research are highlighted.Keywords
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