Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Author "Xu, Mengran"
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Connecting Two Opposing Constructs: Mind Wandering and Mindfulness
Xu, Mengran (University of Waterloo, 2014-10-10)Mind wandering is a universal phenomenon that accounts for almost half of our everyday experience (Killingsworth & Gilbert, 2010). Although there are demonstrated benefits to mind wandering, it comes at quite a cost, ... -
To Approach or to Avoid: The Role of Ambivalent Motivation in Attentional Biases to Threat and Spider Fear
Xu, Mengran; Rowe, Katelyn; Purdon, Christine (Springer, 2021-01-03)Background People with anxiety difficulties show different patterns in their deployment of attention to threat compared to people without anxiety difficulties. These attentional biases are assumed to play a critical role ... -
Understanding Anxiety Through the Constructs of Attentional Bias and Attentional Scope
Xu, Mengran (University of Waterloo, 2018-07-13)Anxiety disorders are common and debilitating, and there are substantial research efforts to better understand and treat them. These efforts are characterized by two leading trends: an emphasis on the role of attentional ...