Discrimination reaction time as a function of anxiety and intelligence.

Abstract

"1. Two groups of Ss of high and low anxiety as determined by a Scale of Manifest Anxiety were given a complex discrimination-reaction-time task involving a high degree of interference. 2. While the low-anxiety group was superior in performance on the reaction-time task, it was found that this superiority could be attributed to intellectual differences rather than to differences in level of anxiety." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)