Altered working memory capacity for social threat words in high versus low social anxiety
Published in Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 2019
Recommended citation: Yeung, R. C., & Fernandes, M. A. (2019). Altered working memory capacity for social threat words in high versus low social anxiety. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 32(5), 505–521. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1626838
Our findings suggest that individuals high in social anxiety may fail to upregulate working memory capacity for social information due to the activation of socially threatening concepts.
Recommended citation: Yeung, R. C., & Fernandes, M. A. (2019). Altered working memory capacity for social threat words in high versus low social anxiety. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 32(5), 505–521. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1626838