Journal
JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 117, Issue 3, Pages 712-717Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0012908
Keywords
worry; working memory; anxiety; attentional control; random number generation
Funding
- Medical Research Council [G0400342] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0400342] Funding Source: UKRI
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The authors report the first direct assessment of working memory capacity when people engage in worry. High and low worriers performed a random key-press task while thinking about a current worry or a positive personally relevant topic. High (but not low) worriers showed more evidence of restricted capacity during worry than when thinking about a positive topic. These findings suggest that high worriers have less residual working memory capacity when worrying than when thinking about other topics and, thus, have fewer attentional resources available to redirect their thoughts away from worry.
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