Attention Bias to Emotional Expression: Variations Based on Anxiety Tendency and Depression Tendency

Background: This study examined whether automatic attention bias toward emotional stimuli differs among individuals with varying anxiety and depression levels in the non-clinical population.Methods: A total of 494 participants from community completed Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). The dot-probe task was conducted to compare biases when appeared before target versus neutral did.Results: There were differences based on types, even community. tendency group showed towards positive expressions, while negative expressions. tendencies mixed characteristics observed both groups.Conclusions: that is an information-processing influenced by individual’s internal state. contributes understanding groups population various ages.