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    Using Attentional Control Theory to account for anxiety-related errors on musical performance tasks

    196038_Ruggiero 2014.pdf (1.745Mb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Ruggiero, Matthew
    Date
    2012
    Supervisor
    Dr Jennifer Thornton
    Collection
    • Curtin Theses
    Type
    Thesis
    Education Level
    Ph.D.
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    Abstract

    This research evaluated the effects of anxiety and distraction on attentional control during musical performances. Performers with moderate to high trait anxiety demonstrated reduced attentional control when exposed to distraction. This created impairments in the shifting function that favoured the musical pieces over a secondary task. These findings provide preliminary support for an Attentional Control Theory account of anxiety-related performance outcomes for musical tasks.

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2496
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Science, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology

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