Trait anxiety impairs cognitive flexibility when overcoming a task acquired response and a preexisting bias

• Cristina G. Wilson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cristina.wilson@wsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9639-2752

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• Amy T. Nusbaum,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-0255

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• Paul Whitney ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Paul Whitney, John M. Hinson

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

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• John M. Hinson

  Contributed equally to this work with: Paul Whitney, John M. Hinson

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9444-307X

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