RT - Journal Article T1 - The Effect of Stress on Selective (Focused) Visual Attention according to Openness to Experience JF - rph YR - 2009 JO - rph VO - 3 IS - 1 UR - http://rph.khu.ac.ir/article-1-98-en.html SP - 15 EP - 28 K1 - Visual Selective Attention K1 - Visual Focused Attention K1 - stress K1 - Openness to experience AB - The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of stress on visual selective (focused) attention according to openness to experience. Sixty 21-36 year-old male students (M= 26.7) were selected and placed in 3 groups (Original, O & Control) using random multi-stage sampling. The Original and O groups’ subjects administered the cognitive stressor tasks and then their selective (focused) visual attention was measured in term of errors in counting and errors in classification. In control group only selective (focused) visual attention was assessed. Neuropsychological variables were also assessed as control variables. The Original group subjects showed significantly more scores in both counting and classification errors (p LA eng UL http://rph.khu.ac.ir/article-1-98-en.html M3 ER -