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This study investigated action monitoring in female college students with high trait anxiety using event-related potentials (EPRs) and Simon task. Based on the scores of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Y version trait scale and Welsh Anxiety Scale, high trait anxiety (n=24) and low trait anxiety (n=23) groups were determined. The Simon task consists of two conditions-congruent and incongruent conditions. The locations of stimulus and response were the same in the congruent condition, whereas the locations of stimulus and response were different in the incongruent condition. Participants were instructed to press one of four buttons assigned to the location of a stimulus. High and low trait anxiety groups showed comparable behavioral performance. In terms of ERPs, high trait anxiety group exhibited significantly larger amplitude of error-related negativity (ERN) and correct response negativity (CRN) on Cz electrode site than low trait anxiety group. And there were negative correlations between ERN/CRN amplitudes on Cz and trait anxiety level. The results of this study indicate that female college students with high trait anxiety have a different action monitoring pattern from that of low anxiety group and ERN/CRN amplitudes could be used as trait markers of anxiety disorder.
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