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BRIEF REPORT

Anxious mood narrows attention in feature space

Ezra WegbreitDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA;Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Steven FranconeriDepartment of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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Mark BeemanDepartment of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Pages 668-677 | Received 22 Jul 2013, Accepted 06 May 2014, Published online: 05 Jun 2014

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