Theories and measurement of visual attentional processing in anxiety

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The effects of emotion on attention: A review of attentional processing of emotional information (2010, result): “To date this hypothesis has received limited supporting evidence (relevant studies are few, but supportive) from attentional studies and remains theoretically consistent with evidence from cuing studies showing maintenance of attention (Weierich, Treat, & Hollingworth, 2008 ).”
Eye tracking of attention in the affective disorders: a meta-analytic review and synthesis. (2012, methodology): “These competing accounts have been termed the ‘vigilance’ and ‘maintenance’ hypotheses (Weierich et al., 2008), and are best understood in the context of Posner's model (e.g., Posner & Peterson, 1990) of the components of spatial visual attention.”
Measuring Attentional Bias to Threat: Reliability of Dot Probe and Eye Movement Indices (2014, background): “…to make the two computer tasks more distinct and to measure more ‘‘covert’’ attentional processes (that do not necessarily involve eye movements; Weierich, Treat, and Hollingworth 2008; Bradley et al. 2000), participants were instructed to maintain their gaze on the fixation cross for the…”