The impact of hypervigilance: Evidence for a forward feedback loop

The impact of hypervigilance: Evidence for a forward feedback loop

Highlights • Hypervigilance is thought to maintain or exacerbate symptoms in anxiety disorders. • We examine the impact of hypervigilance on anxiety, visual scanning, and autonomic arousal. • An eye tracker was used to investigate eye movements and pupil size. • The hypervigilance condition resulted...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of anxiety disorders 2014-03, Vol.28 (2), p.241-245
Hauptverfasser: Kimble, Matthew, Boxwala, Mariam, Bean, Whitney, Maletsky, Kristin, Halper, Jessica, Spollen, Kaleigh, Fleming, Kevin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety
Anxiety disorders
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Arousal
Attention
Attentional bias
Biological and medical sciences
Eye tracking
Feedback
Female
Fixation
Fixation, Ocular
Humans
Hypervigilance
Male
Medical sciences
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
PTSD
Pupils
Screening
Vigilance
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Hypervigilance is thought to maintain or exacerbate symptoms in anxiety disorders. • We examine the impact of hypervigilance on anxiety, visual scanning, and autonomic arousal. • An eye tracker was used to investigate eye movements and pupil size. • The hypervigilance condition resulted in more visual scanning and increased pupil size.
ISSN:0887-6185
1873-7897
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.12.006