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    Working Memory Training in Relation to Anxiety, Stress, and Motivation

    Interventions for improving working memory (WM) can be used to reduce anxiety-related symptoms. Here, we examine how WM training can impact trait anxiety and test anxiety for upcoming examinations, and the rol...

    Berna A. Sari, Güliz Zeynep Tarman, Busra Ozdogan in Journal of Cognitive Enhancement (2020)

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    Effects of anxiety on task switching: Evidence from the mixed antisaccade task

    According to the attentional control theory of anxiety (Eysenck, Derakshan, Santos, & Calvo, 2007), anxiety impairs performance on cognitive tasks that involve the shifting function of working memory. This hyp...

    Tahereh L. Ansari, Nazanin Derakshan in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neurosc… (2008)