Fig. 5From: Impact of active and latent concerns about COVID-19 on attentionA schematic illustration of the resource contraction theory. Concerns may be latent (orange) or active (pink). Active concerns lead to a reduction in attention to cognitive tasks. Current concerns disproportionately influence tasks that require internal attention (e.g., cognitive control) compared with tasks that rely on external attention (e.g., visual search)Back to article page