Page No 245-254
Atul K. Gangwar, Trayambak Tiwari, Tarun Mishra,
Anil Kumar Yadav, Sushil K Sah,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Anju L. Singh
Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kamachha, Varanasi
Elevated anxiety negatively affects cognitive performance on executive functions tasks,
especially, inhibitory control tasks. The Performance Efficiency Theory and the Attention
Control Theory (ACT) have proposed frameworks for explaining the relationship between
anxiety and executive control. In the framework, ACT has proposed a few predictions
regarding the relationship between anxiety and inhibitory control and set-shifting. In
recent literature, some experiments have tested those predictions. Findings that emerged
through this research have proposed mixed results. Some studies have supported the
existing framework and some have reported results that challenge the existing
framework. This review discussed the methodology and results of these studies and
proposed further extension of ACT. Along with this, suggestions for future research
have been discussed.
Keywords: Anxiety, Exe
s.