Memory bias in the non Clinical Anxious Individuals and Comparison with Normal Individual

The aim of this research is to study memory bias in the Subclinical anxious individuals and comparison with normal individuals. In a semi experimental, design a sample consisting 80 students from Tabriz Islamic Azad University were chosen and investigated. After testing with Beck anxiety test the sample divided into two groups (40 individuals in anxious group and40 individuals in normal group) and Memory computer task was conducted. The data was analyzed by MANOVA method. The result showed that anxious individuals have significant bias in react to positive words meaningfully relative to normal individuals but in neutral words normal individuals shown significant bias. In general, Anxious individuals shown more bias to memory relative to normal individuals.