Examining the Focusing Illusion as a Cognitive Mechanism Underlying Catastrophic Perceptions of Social Blunders in Socially Anxious Individuals

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-300
Author(s):  
Klint Fung ◽  
David A. Moscovitch ◽  
Thomas L. Rodebaugh
Keyword(s):  
Socially Anxious ◽  
Cognitive Mechanism ◽  
Focusing Illusion

Cognitive Load Mediates the Effect of Emotion on Analytical Thinking

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 343-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastien Trémolière ◽  
Marie-Ève Gagnon ◽  
Isabelle Blanchette
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Secondary Task ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Syllogistic Reasoning ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
Potential Explanation ◽  
Cognitive Mechanism ◽  
Analytical Thinking

Abstract. Although the detrimental effect of emotion on reasoning has been evidenced many times, the cognitive mechanism underlying this effect remains unclear. In the present paper, we explore the cognitive load hypothesis as a potential explanation. In an experiment, participants solved syllogistic reasoning problems with either neutral or emotional contents. Participants were also presented with a secondary task, for which the difficult version requires the mobilization of cognitive resources to be correctly solved. Participants performed overall worse and took longer on emotional problems than on neutral problems. Performance on the secondary task, in the difficult version, was poorer when participants were reasoning about emotional, compared to neutral contents, consistent with the idea that processing emotion requires more cognitive resources. Taken together, the findings afford evidence that the deleterious effect of emotion on reasoning is mediated by cognitive load.

Positivity Deficits in Romantic Relationships Among Socially Anxious Individuals

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. B. Kashdan ◽  
P. Ferssizidis ◽  
A. S. Farmer ◽  
L. M. Adams ◽  
P. E. McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Socially Anxious

Socially Anxious and Depressed Adolescents' Peer Victimization and Relationship Qualities

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breanne A. Danzi ◽  
Annette M. La Greca ◽  
Sherilynn F. Chan ◽  
Ryan R. Landoll ◽  
Whitney M. Herge
Keyword(s):  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Socially Anxious ◽  
Relationship Qualities

The persistence of regulatory impairment in ostracized socially anxious people

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Oaten ◽  
Kip Williams ◽  
Andrew Jones ◽  
Lisa Zadro
Keyword(s):  
Socially Anxious

Acceptance or change: Treating socially anxious college students with ACT or CBGT.

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Block ◽  
Edelgard Wulfert
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Socially Anxious

Can Mouse-tracking Reveal Attribute Processing Speeds in Dietary Self-control? Commentary on Sullivan et al. (2015) and Lim et al. (2018) with A Simulation Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Martijn Willemsen ◽  
Daniel Lakens
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Alternative Mechanism ◽  
Mouse Tracking ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Cognitive Mechanism ◽  
Speed Difference ◽  
Original Hypothesis

In this commentary, we re-examine the use of a mouse-tracking method for revealing attribute processing speed difference in dietary self-control (Sullivan et al. 2015; Lim et al., 2018). Through re-analyses of Sullivan et al. (2015)’s data and a simulation study, it can be shown that the attribute-angle correlations in the empirical data, which were used to estimate processing speeds, are attributed primarily to their common correlations with choice. The simulation study further suggests that when we account for the choice-mediated attribute-angle correlations, the data patterns used for supporting the original hypothesis can be produced by implementing a plausible alternative mechanism unrelated to processing speeds. The mouse-tracking method therefore fails to provide clear evidence for processing speed difference as a cognitive mechanism of self-control. Researchers should be cautious when using the mouse-tracking method to estimate attribute processing speeds.

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