Cognitive inhibition in phobia.
作者信息
Kindt M, Brosschot J F
机构信息
Maastricht University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Experimental Abnormal Psychology, The Netherlands.
出版信息
Br J Clin Psychol. 1998 Feb;37(1):103-6. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01283.x.
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether cognitive bias for threat in anxious individuals may be attributed to a defective inhibition.
DESIGN
It was investigated whether phobics and not non-phobics would show a defective inhibition of threat words as compared to neutral words.
METHOD
Inhibition was measured by a negative priming task, which was administered to spider phobic participants (N = 29) and non-phobic controls (N = 31).
RESULTS
The phobics did not show less negative priming of threatening information. Instead, they showed a general delay on all probe displays that were presented after threatening primes.
CONCLUSION
Anxiety is related to defective inhibition of threat, in the sense that this inhibition consumes extra cognitive resources.
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