On the status of implicit memory bias in anxiety

Cogn Emot. 1999 Jul 1;13(4):435-456. doi: 10.1080/026999399379258.

Abstract

The present study evaluated the status of mood congruent memory bias in implicit memory tasks for threat related information. A literature review complemented by three experiments on high and low trait anxiety participants found no implicit memory bias for threat-related information in anxious individuals on either word fragment completion or tachistoscopic word identification tasks. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed.