Recognition memory, primacy vs. recency effects, and time perception in the online version of the fear of scream paradigm.

ABSTRACT: Anxiety disorders are characterized by cognitive dysfunctions which contribute to the patient's profound disabilities. The threat of shock paradigm represents a validated psychopathological model of anxiety to measure the impact of anxiety on cognitive processes. We have developed an online version of the threat of scream paradigm (ToSP) to investigate the impact of experimental anxiety on recognition memory. Two animated passive walkthrough videos (either under threat of scream or safety conditions) were shown to healthy participants. Recognition memory, primacy vs. recency effects, and subjective estimations of the length of encoding sessions were assessed. Subjective anxiety, stress, and emotional arousal ratings indicated that experimental anxiety could successfully be induced (Safe-Th

SUBMITTER: Zlomuzica A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature