Tag: attention
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WHAT TRIGGERS OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER?
Negative priming is a cognitive paradigm (i.e., model) used in clinical research to refer to a delay in response or an increase in errors when responding to an item that was previously ignored. The set up is as follows; in a first trial (called control condition), you are asked to ignore the word “red” and…
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WHAT IS ATTENTION?
THE Coordinated activity of multiple brain regions and neural networks. Attention is a complex cognitive process that involves the selection and prioritization of sensory information for further processing and interpretation. According to neuroscience, attention is regulated by a network of brain regions that work together to filter, amplify, or suppress incoming sensory information based on…
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IS IT HARD TO CONCENTRATE WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH ANXIETY?
High anxiety makes it hard to sustain attention during difficult tasks because it requires increased cognitive efforts.
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IF YOU TRAIN YOUR ATTENTION, CAN IT HELP REDUCE ANXIETY?
Training anxious individuals to turn their attention towards positive things in their environment is effective at reducing anxiety.
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ACTIVITY OF THE LOCUS COERULEUS CONTRIBUTES TO PATHOLOGICAL ANXIETY
This article discusses the role of the Locus coeruleus in the generation of pathological anxiety.
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IS MATH ANXIETY A THING?
Math anxiety is a real form of anxiety that is visible in the brain.