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Anxiety can disrupt your attentionGetty/Chad Springer
By Chelsea WhyteHigh levels of anxiety can strain a person’s ability to control their attention, and this effect has been shown to increase with age, according to an analysis of dozens of studies.
Ran Shi, then at the University of Sydney in Australia, and her colleagues combined the results of 58 studies that measured the attention and anxiety level of 8292 children and adults in total, who either self-reported their anxiety or demonstrated it through behavioural tests.
These studies examined various components of attention control. These included inhibition, which involves preventing …