Subliminal processing of emotional information in anxiety and depression

Article Abstract:

The selective processing of emotional information by anxious and depressed individuals was examined using a refined Stroop color naming task. Together with a control group, anxious and depressed subjects were asked to identify the background colors of stimulus words presented either subliminally or supraliminally. Results revealed that anxious subjects performed more slowly than depressed and normal subjects regardless of the type of presentation, suggesting that these individuals have a preattentive bias for negative information.

Analysis, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Human information processing, Subliminal perception

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Anxiety and attention to threatening pictures

Article Abstract:

This study builds upon previous research that suggests that threatening words are more likely to receive attention than words that are emotionally neutral. Research using threatening images examines anxiety-related bias towards attention to threatening images, and topics addressed include disengagement, threat perception, and the performance of high-anxiety individuals on the test.

United Kingdom, Visual communication, Cognitive psychology

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Effects of training on interpretation of emotional ambiguity

Article Abstract:

Four experiments have been conducted to investigate the effects of training on the interpretation of emotionally ambiguous words. Results suggest that the interpretive bias found in anxious individuals can be induced in unselected participants by training.

Learning, Psychology of, Learning theory (Psychology), Ambiguity

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