The Relationship between Anxiety and Task Switching Ability

Amara Gul; Glyn W. Humphreys

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Amara Gul
Glyn W. Humphreys

Keywords:

task switching, emotion, face categorization, attention, cognition, anxiety

Abstract

This study examined task switching ability as a function of anxiety. Participants with mild anxiety switched between emotion and age classification among faces. There were few important results: (i) Individuals with anxiety categorized facial emotion faster than facial age (ii)There was a larger switch cost for age than the emotion categorization (iii) Anxiety was a significant predictor of task switch costs. We discussed why anxious individuals showed a deficit in cognitive control of facial attributes.

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The Relationship between Anxiety and Task Switching Ability. (2014). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 14(A6), 27-32. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/1023

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