Search for dissertations about: "Preferential preattentive processing"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Preferential preattentive processing.

  2. 1. Preferential Processing: a factor with implications : Personality traits as explanatory factors

    Author : Mats Najström; Lennart Högman; Anders Flykt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preferential preattentive processing; trait anxiety; emotional vulnerability; SCR; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : Preferential processing favouring threatening information has received increased attention because cognitive formulations have placed increased emphasis on its role as a key cognitive factor underlying vulnerability to and maintenance of anxiety disorders. The present dissertation comprises four empirical studies within the area of preferential processing. READ MORE

  4. 2. Does the way in which we perceive the world make us susceptible to anxiety?

    Author : Billy Jansson; Lars-Göran Öst; Lars-Gunnar Lundh; Marcel Van den Hout; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preattentive processing; selective attention; trait anxiety; defensiveness; emotional responses; emotional vulnerability; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : One major focus of anxiety research in recent years has been the identification of cognitive factors that promote increased vulnerability to anxiety. Cognitive formulations propose that anxiety is characterised by an increased tendency to attend to negatively valenced emotional information, and that this bias may play a causal role in the development and maintenance of clinical anxiety. READ MORE