Predicting anxiety symptoms through gaze-directed attention: A mobile eye-tracking study of adolescents during a real-world speech task

2025/08/15 by Emily Hutchinson, Erica Huynh, Erica Ying Huynh +11 · 1 voice
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Mind wandering and attention #Cognitive Functions and Memory #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

paper · doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2025.103058

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• 👀 In a live speech with mobile eye-tracking, teens who both delayed looking at and spent less time looking at a critical judge reported higher anxiety symptoms 3 years later. Read about this avoidanc [bsky, 8 points, 1 comments]