The influence of positive and negative affect on emotional attention

ConclusionsThe data suggest that, in line with the previous subclinical literature, dysphoric individuals are slow to disengage attention from emotional information at early stages of processing and are consistent with the possibility that patterns of orienting of attention might be qualitatively different in subclinical versus clinical populations.
Source: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research