Experiment 2

Materials

· SOP for research assistant

· Materials packet

· Outline of some method details

· Valence and arousal information for slide set

· DMDX scripts for experiment (order 1; order 2)

· Assignment two description (Method & Results)

· Assignment three description (Introduction)

Readings

· Full annotated reference list

Required theory paper

· Mogg, K., McNamara, J., Powys, M., Rawlinson, H., Seiffer, A., & Bradley, B. P. (2000). Selective attention to threat: A test of two cognitive models of anxiety. Cognition & Emotion, 14(3), 375-399.

Other recommended theory papers

· Mogg, K., & Bradley, B. P. (1998). A cognitive-motivational analysis of anxiety. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 36(9), 809-848.

· Lang, P. J. (1995). The emotion probe: Studies of motivation and attention. American Psychologist, 50(5), 372-385. [NOTE: The sections that address emotion theory more generally and slide viewing studies are most relevant.]

· Derryberry, D., & Tucker, D. M. (1994). Motivating the focus of attention. In P. M. Niedenthal & S. Kitayama (Eds.), Heart's eye: Emotional influences in perception and attention. (pp. 167-196). San Diego: Academic Press.

Required empirical research

· Mogg, K., Bradley, B. P., De Bono, J., & Painter, M. (1997). Time course of attentional bias for threat information in non-clinical anxiety. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 35(4), 297-303.

· Mogg, K., McNamara, J., Powys, M., Rawlinson, H., Seiffer, A., & Bradley, B. P. (2000). Selective attention to threat: A test of two cognitive models of anxiety. Cognition & Emotion, 14(3), 375-399. [NOTE: This is also listed as primary theory paper above]

· Crawford, L. E. & Cacioppo, J. T. (2002). Learning where to look for danger: Integrating affective and spatial information. Psychological Science, 13(5), 449-453.

· Mogg, K., Philippot, P., & Bradley, B. P. (2004). Selective Attention to Angry Faces in Clinical Social Phobia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113(160-165).

Other relevant empirical research

· Bradley, B. P., Mogg, K., Millar, N., Bonham-Carter, C., et al., (1997). Attentional biases for emotional faces. Cognition & Emotion, 11(1), 25-42.

· Derryberry, D., & Reed, M. A. (2002). Anxiety-related attentional biases and their regulation by attentional control. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(2), 225-236.

· Mogg, K., Mathews, A., & Eysenck, M. (1992). Attentional bias to threat in clinical anxiety states. Cognition & Emotion, 6(2), 149-149.

· Mogg, K., Bradley, B. P., Miles, F., & Dixon, R. (2004). Time course of attentional bias for threat scenes: Testing the vigilance-avoidance hypothesis. Cognition & Emotion, 18(5), 689-700.