ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Emotional Stroop and Word Recall: Effects of Word Type and State Anxiety

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Cognitive Psychology

  • Sarah Jones
    University at Albany, The State University of New York
  • Stephanie Kazanas
    Tennessee Tech University

Abstract

The current study examined anxiety effects in emotional Stroop performance. An additional surprise recall task examined memory performance according to word type and participants’ state anxiety. Stroop performance and word recall were compared across all participants, as well as those self-reporting clinical versus nonclinical levels of state anxiety.

Memory