Intrusive thoughts mediate the association between neuroticism and cognitive function
Intrusive thoughts mediate the association between neuroticism and cognitive function is a scholarly work by Elizabeth Munoz and Joshua M. Smyth, published in 2013 in ''Personality and Individual Differences''. The main subjects of the publication include cognition, trait, personality, trait theory, association, anxiety disorder, affect, effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance, Network analysis, psychology, biological mechanism, neuroticism, thought, mind-wandering, and developmental psychology. The authors hypothesized that the tendency to experience intrusive thoughts reflects ineffective attentional control and would account for the relationship between neuroticism and cognitive performance over and above the mediating effect of negative affect.