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Anxiety and cognitive performance: attentional control theory.
- M. Eysenck, N. Derakshan, R. Santos, M. Calvo
- Psychology, Medicine
- Emotion
- 1 May 2007
Attentional control theory is an approach to anxiety and cognition representing a major development of Eysenck and Calvo's (1992) processing efficiency theory. It is assumed that anxiety impairs… Expand
Anxiety and Performance: The Processing Efficiency Theory
- M. Eysenck, M. Calvo
- Psychology
- 1 November 1992
Abstract Anxiety often impairs performance of “difficult” tasks (especially under test conditions), but there are numerous exceptions. Theories of anxiety and performance need to address at least two… Expand
Personality and Individual Differences: A Natural Science Approach
- H. J. Eysenck, M. Eysenck
- Psychology
- 1985
One: Descriptive.- One The Scientific Description of Personality.- Personality and Taxonomy: The Problem of Classification.- Type and Trait Theories: The Modern View.- Type-Trait Theories and Factor… Expand
Anxiety: The Cognitive Perspective
- M. Eysenck
- Psychology
- 1 June 1992
Introduction. Theories of Anxiety and Cognition. Theoretical Framework. Attentional Processes. Comprehension and Memory. Worry. General Processing. Summary.
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Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook
- M. Eysenck, M. P. Keane
- Psychology
- 1 December 1990
Introduction. Visual Perception: Basic Processes. Perception, Movement and Action. Object Recognition. Attention and Performance Limitations. Memory: Structure and Processes. Theories of Long-term… Expand
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New perspectives in attentional control theory
- M. Eysenck, N. Derakshan
- Psychology
- 1 May 2011
There have been several theoretical attempts to explain the effects of anxiety on cognitive performance. According to attentional control theory, anxiety impairs the efficiency of two executive… Expand
Anxiety, learning, and memory: A reconceptualization
- M. Eysenck
- Psychology
- 1 December 1979
Abstract A new theoretical framework for work on anxiety and memory is proposed. Anxious subjects engage in task-irrelevant processing which preempts processing resources and some of the available… Expand
Anxiety, Processing Efficiency, and Cognitive Performance New Developments from Attentional Control Theory
- N. Derakshan, M. Eysenck
- Psychology
- 4 May 2009
There have been many attempts to account theoretically for the effects of anxiety on cognitive performance. This article focuses on two theories based on insights from cognitive psychology. The more… Expand
A questionnaire for the measurement of nonpathological worry
- F. Tallis, M. Eysenck, A. Mathews
- Psychology
- 1 February 1992
Abstract Existing measures of worry content were designed to ascertain levels of worry in special groups, particularly children and the elderly. In the present study, cluster analysis techniques were… Expand
Attention And Arousal, Cognition And Performance
- M. Eysenck
- Psychology
- 1982
1 Introduction.- 2 Theories of Attention.- 2.1 Early Theories.- 2.2 Posner and Snyder: Automatic Activation and Conscious Attention.- 2.3 Shiffrin and Schneider: Controlled and Automatic Processes.-… Expand
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