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Figure 1: A conceptual framework for understanding attentional pathways for individuals
with high levels of trait anxiety that operate differentially across experimental conditions and that reflect eye movement behavior indicating (1) selective attention to threat (right hand pathway) and (2) hypervigilance for threat (left hand pathway).