Anxiety and perceptual-motor performance: toward an integrated model of concepts, mechanisms, and processes

Under anxiety, people sometimes perform poorly. This concerns cognitive performance (e.g., taking an important exam) as well as perceptual-motor performance (e.g., picking up a cup from a table). There is still much debate about how anxiety affects perceptual-motor performance. In the current paper...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychological research Jg. 76; H. 6; S. 747 - 759
Hauptverfasser: Nieuwenhuys, Arne, Oudejans, Raôul R. D.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2012
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Springer-Verlag
Schlagworte:
Activity levels. Psychomotricity
Affectivity. Emotion
Anxiety
Anxiety - physiopathology
Attention - physiology
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Control theory
Emotions
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Indexing in process
Models, Psychological
Original
Original Article
Performance Anxiety - physiopathology
Personality. Affectivity
Psychological research
Psychology
Psychology Research
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychomotor activities
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Movement Execution
Climbing Wall
Dispositional Factor
Police Officer
Action Possibility
Human
Affect affectivity
Vision
Perception
Cognition
Anxiety
Models
Review
Motricity
ISSN:0340-0727, 1430-2772, 1430-2772
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Zusammenfassung:Under anxiety, people sometimes perform poorly. This concerns cognitive performance (e.g., taking an important exam) as well as perceptual-motor performance (e.g., picking up a cup from a table). There is still much debate about how anxiety affects perceptual-motor performance. In the current paper we review the experimental literature on anxiety and perceptual-motor performance, thereby focusing on how anxiety affects the perception, selection, and realization of action possibilities. Based on this review we discuss the merits of two opposing theoretical explanations and build on existing frameworks of anxiety and cognitive performance to develop an integrated model that explains the various ways in which anxiety may specifically affect perceptual-motor performance. This model distinguishes between positive and negative effects of anxiety and, moving beyond previous approaches, recognizes three operational levels (i.e., attentional, interpretational, and behavioral) at which anxiety may affect different aspects of goal-directed action. Finally, predictions are formulated and directions for future research suggested.
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ISSN:0340-0727
1430-2772
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DOI:10.1007/s00426-011-0384-x