They found that when threatening words were presented, people with greater anxiety tended to have increased selective attention, meaning that they reacted quicker to a stimulus in an area where a threatening word was just presented (32-59ms faster).
The study revealed that people with greater anxiety showed increased selective attention when threatening words were presented. This meant they reacted more quickly to stimuli in the area where a threatening word was just shown, by 32 to 59 milliseconds.