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Concurrent cognitive demands influence allocation of attention resources during fear processing.
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- Bjärtå, Anna, 1974- (författare)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för psykologi
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Flykt, Anders (författare)
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- Sundin, Örjan (författare)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för psykologi
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- Engelska.
- Relaterad länk:
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https://urn.kb.se/re...
Abstract
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Stäng
- Influences of a concurrent cognitive demand on allocation of attentional resources and physiological responses to threatening stimuli was investigated. In two secondary task experiments, pictures of fear-relevant and fear-irrelevant stimuli (Experiment 1), as well as feared and non-feared stimuli (Experiment 2), were used as backgrounds in a discrimination task. The cognitive manipulation was provided by a constraint, induced with a threat of punishment motivating participants to respond quick and accurately. The control condition imposed no such constraint. Results showed a larger allocation of attentional resources for both fear-relevant and feared stimuli. More importantly, it was also shown that resources allocated to threatening stimuli could be manipulated by a concurrent cognitive demand. However, both response accuracy and physiological reactions persisted the manipulation when a feared versus a non-feared animal was shown, indicating that attentional resources can be manipulated by an internal cognitive demand even though a fear reaction occurs.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Secondary task
- fear
- processong resources
- heart rate
- cognitive control.
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