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Open AccessCan templates-for-rejection suppress real-world affective objects in visual search?
Previous evidence has suggested that feature-based templates-for-rejection can be maintained in working memory to suppress matching features in the environment. Currently, this effect has only been demonstrate...
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Open AccessSpecific Pandemic-Related Worries Predict Higher Attention-Related Errors and Negative Affect Independent of Trait Anxiety in UK-Based Students
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many individuals experiencing increased symptoms of anxiety. We predict that this increase may be underpinned by pandemic-related worry (PRW), characterised by repetitive ...
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Not looking for any trouble? Purely affective attentional settings do not induce goal-driven attentional capture
It is well established that directing goal-driven attention to a particular stimulus property (e.g., red), or a conceptual category (e.g., toys) can induce powerful involuntary capture by goal-matching stimuli...
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Open AccessAttentional capture by alcohol-related stimuli may be activated involuntarily by top-down search goals
Previous research has found that the attention of social drinkers is preferentially oriented towards alcohol-related stimuli (attentional capture). This is argued to play a role in escalating craving for alcoh...
