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Sarigiannidis, Ioannis; Kirk, Peter A.; Roiser, Jonathan P.; Robinson, Oliver J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Anxiety alters how we perceive the world and can alter aspects of cognitive performance. Prominent theories of anxiety suggest that the effect of anxiety on cognition is due to anxious thoughts "overloading" limited cognitive resources, competing with other processes. If this is so, then a cognitive load manipulation should impact…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Time Perspective