An examination of hypervigilence for external threat in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder and individuals with persecutory delusions using visual scan paths

Article Abstract:

This study measured the perception of environmental threat in individuals who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and persecutory delusions. While studying pictures containing threatening content, a clinically anxious group showed no significant differences in vigilant behavior, such as excessive visual scanning, when compared to a control population.

Measurement, Causes of, Anxiety, Danger perception, Vigilance (Psychology)

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The mutual influence of gaze and head orientation in the analysis of social attention direction

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Three experiments were used to study the interaction between head orientation, gaze direction, and the perception of another person's direction of social attention. Results indicate that head and gaze cues are mutually influential in determining the focus of social attention.

Psychological aspects, Interpersonal relations, Gaze, Attention (Psychology), Social perception

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The 26th Bartlett Memorial Lecture: from truths of Bartlett to illusions of vision

Article Abstract:

Sir Frederic Bartlett and his impact on experimental psychology are recalled by one of his former students at Cambridge University. Bartlett's groundbreaking research and innovations in the field of visual perception are also highlighted.

Testing, Influence, Study and teaching, Psychology, Experimental, Experimental psychology, Bartlett, Frederic C.

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