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标题：Trait anxiety, visual search and memory for facial identities in preschoolers: An investigation using taskirrelevant emotional information
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作者：Lavinia Cheie ; Lavinia Cheie ; Laura Visu-Petra 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2012
卷号：33
页码：622-626
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.01.196
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractThe present study aimed to investigate visual processing in a sample of 65 preschoolers (4-7 years) classified as highor low- trait anxious. We used a visual search task (with or without memory load) containing stimuli with task irrelevant emotional information (angry, happy and neutral facial expressions). The results revealed that children with high levels of trait anxiety took longer time to complete the visual search task when the executive demands were higher. However, variation in stimulus valence did not significantly affect children's performance. The findings are discussed within the framework of the Attentional Control Theory.
关键词：working memory;trait anxiety;preschoolers;updating;task-irrelevant emotional information