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Gutierrez, Aida; Calvo, Manuel G. – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2011
We investigated the processing of threat-related, positive, and neutral words in parafoveal and in foveal vision as a function of individual differences in trait anxiety. In a lexical-decision task, word primes were presented for 150 ms either parafoveally (2.2[degrees] away from fixation; Experiment 1) or foveally (at fixation; Experiment 3)…
Descriptors: Priming, Individual Differences, Anxiety, Cognitive Processes
Leherissey, Barbara L. – 1971
Based on hypotheses on relationships between curiosity, anxiety, and performance, this study correctly predicted that high state curiosity students had lower levels of state anxiety and performed better in the computer-assisted instruction learning program than low state curiosity students. One hundred and fifty-two female undergraduates were…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction