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Implicit and explicit memory bias in anxiety: a conceptual replication

C MacLeod1, K McLaughlin

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth.

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|January 1, 1995
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Anxiety patients demonstrate an implicit memory advantage for threat-related words, supporting cognitive models of anxiety. Explicit memory showed no difference between anxious and non-anxious groups.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Anxiety is linked to cognitive processes, particularly memory.
  • Previous models predict an implicit memory bias for threat-related information in anxious individuals.
  • Prior research yielded mixed results, necessitating further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conceptually replicate and extend previous findings on anxiety and memory.
  • To test the prediction of an implicit, but not explicit, memory advantage for threat stimuli in generalized anxiety disorder.
  • To investigate the reliability and generality of these effects using varied memory tasks.

Main Methods:

  • 16 patients with generalized anxiety disorder and 16 non-anxious controls participated.

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  • Implicit memory was assessed using tachistoscopic identification.
  • Explicit memory was measured via recognition tasks.
  • Stimulus words were encoded using a color-naming task.

    • Main Results:

    • Anxious patients exhibited a relative implicit memory advantage for threat-related words.
    • No significant differences in explicit memory performance were observed between groups.
    • Findings align with cognitive models predicting biased memory processing in anxiety.

    Conclusions:

    • The study supports cognitive models of anxiety, specifically the prediction of an implicit memory bias for threat.
    • Results highlight the role of implicit memory processes in generalized anxiety disorder.
    • The findings contribute to understanding the cognitive underpinnings of anxiety disorders.