Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students

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Autor(a) principal: Giron,Paulo Ricardo
Data de Publicação: 2010
Outros Autores: Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Psychology & Neuroscience (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882010000100014
Resumo: The present study investigated the influence of aversive visual stimulation on anxiety, working memory, and selective attention. The study was conducted with 366 participants of both sexes, divided into three groups: (i) no visual stimuli (n = 128), (ii) neutral visual stimuli (n = 114), and (iii) aversive visual stimuli (n = 124). Two DVD films, one containing aversive stimuli and one containing neutral stimuli, were used for the respective groups. Each visual stimulation had a duration of 1 minute and 22 seconds. After viewing the DVD, anxiety, working memory, and attention were assessed. Concomitant with the increase in anxiety were deficits in working memory and deficits in selective attention in the group that was exposed to the aversive scenes. No gender differences were observed. These results suggest that aversive visual stimuli increase anxiety and decrease attention and working memory performance in university students.
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spelling Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university studentsgendermood inductionemotioncognitionThe present study investigated the influence of aversive visual stimulation on anxiety, working memory, and selective attention. The study was conducted with 366 participants of both sexes, divided into three groups: (i) no visual stimuli (n = 128), (ii) neutral visual stimuli (n = 114), and (iii) aversive visual stimuli (n = 124). Two DVD films, one containing aversive stimuli and one containing neutral stimuli, were used for the respective groups. Each visual stimulation had a duration of 1 minute and 22 seconds. After viewing the DVD, anxiety, working memory, and attention were assessed. Concomitant with the increase in anxiety were deficits in working memory and deficits in selective attention in the group that was exposed to the aversive scenes. No gender differences were observed. These results suggest that aversive visual stimuli increase anxiety and decrease attention and working memory performance in university students.Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de São Paulo2010-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882010000100014Psychology & Neuroscience v.3 n.1 2010reponame:Psychology & Neuroscience (Online)instname:Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)instacron:PUCRJ10.3922/j.psns.2010.1.014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGiron,Paulo RicardoAlmeida,Rosa Maria Martins deeng2011-01-12T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1983-32882010000100014Revistahttps://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pnePRIhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phppsycneuro@psycneuro.org1983-32881984-3054opendoar:2011-01-12T00:00Psychology & Neuroscience (Online) - Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
title Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
spellingShingle Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
Giron,Paulo Ricardo
gender
mood induction
emotion
cognition
title_short Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
title_full Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
title_fullStr Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
title_full_unstemmed Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
title_sort Influence of aversive visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in university students
author Giron,Paulo Ricardo
author_facet Giron,Paulo Ricardo
Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins de
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author2 Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins de
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Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv gender
mood induction
emotion
cognition
topic gender
mood induction
emotion
cognition
description The present study investigated the influence of aversive visual stimulation on anxiety, working memory, and selective attention. The study was conducted with 366 participants of both sexes, divided into three groups: (i) no visual stimuli (n = 128), (ii) neutral visual stimuli (n = 114), and (iii) aversive visual stimuli (n = 124). Two DVD films, one containing aversive stimuli and one containing neutral stimuli, were used for the respective groups. Each visual stimulation had a duration of 1 minute and 22 seconds. After viewing the DVD, anxiety, working memory, and attention were assessed. Concomitant with the increase in anxiety were deficits in working memory and deficits in selective attention in the group that was exposed to the aversive scenes. No gender differences were observed. These results suggest that aversive visual stimuli increase anxiety and decrease attention and working memory performance in university students.
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