Essays about: "attentional bias"

Found 5 essays containing the words attentional bias.

1. 1. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED EXHAUSTION STROOP TASK BASED ON THE SMBQ

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Elin Stenudd; Rebecka Tholerud; [2018]
   Keywords : stroop; exhaustion; burnout; emotional stroop; attentional bias;

   Abstract : To explore the application of a cognitive test useful in screening of Exhaustion Disorder (ED), this study aimed to develop a Modified Stroop Task for ED. Participants’ scores on measures of burnout, anxiety, depression and stress were compared with performance on the task. The sample consisted of 56 participants (M=25. READ MORE

3. 2. Dispositional optimism and attentional bias to happy facial expressions

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Anton Klarén; [2018]
   Keywords : selective attention; attentional bias; emotion; bottom-up; dispositional optimism; facial expression;

   Abstract : Research suggests that the human attentional system is biased towards emotional events in the environment. This attentional bias is believed to be an adaptive function that can provide survival benefits for the organisms that possess it. Dispositional optimism is a trait defined as a general expectation that good things will happen in the future. READ MORE

4. 3. Don't Fear The Reaper? The Effects of Stress on Visual Attention and Threat-Processing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Attila Jervelycke; [2017]
   Keywords : stress; threat detection; vigilance; attention; bias; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the current study, the aim was to investigate whether attentional bias—an automatic and nonconscious pre-attentive process of filtering sensory information for emotional relevance—could be induced in normal students, by manipulating levels of stress. In a within-subject experimental design where each participant completed 3 word search puzzles, it was predicted that the ratio at which participants found negative words to neutral words would positively correlate with the level of induced stress, ranging from low-medium-high. READ MORE

5. 4. Loafing in the Audience or Fear in the Speaker

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Elmira Yazdi; [2008]
   Keywords : Fear of public speaking; Social loafing; Personal report of confidence as a speaker; audience attention;

   Abstract : This exploratory study examined the relationship between public speaking anxiety levels indicated by scores on the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker questionnaire (PRCS: Paul, 1966) and evaluation probability on a wide domain of evaluation items reflected by scores on the Audience Attention Allocation questionnaire (devised for the purpose of this study). A large student sample (n=220) completed the PRCS as well as the AAA questionnaire. READ MORE

6. 5. Attention Modifies Gender Differences in Face Recognition

   University essay from Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Lovén; [2007]
   Keywords : Episodic memory; Gender differences; Attention;

   Abstract : Gender differences favoring women have been found in face recognition, and in addition to this, it has been shown that women remember more female than male faces. This own-gender effect may be a result of women directing more attention towards female faces, resulting in a better memory. READ MORE