Implications of Automation on the Effects of Anxiety in Solving Complicated TasksSummaryThe study of anxiety and automation has taken a large magnitude in the 20th century, giving the basis to different theories and opinions. The current study is based on the differences between anxious and non-anxious subjects on their performance in solving simple and complex tasks before and after a learning and automation phase. A current study wants to draw attention to the fact that automation decreases the impact of anxiety on performance, especially in solving complex tasks, by reducing the level of attention and the depth of conscious processing and avoiding underactivation of units involved in working memory. in complex tasks.Keywords: anxiety, automation, performance, task complexityIn recent years there has been an influx of conflicting theories and opinions in the field of automation of information processing. The current study aims to investigate the impact of learning, respectively automation, on the performance of anxious and non-anxious subjects who, in typical situations, are affected by anxiety or excitement. Anxiety was defined by Spielberger in 1972 as “unpleasant, consciously perceived feelings of tension and apprehension associated with activation or excitation of the autonomic nervous system” (Spielberger, 1972, p. 29). Anxiety has been studied since Yerkes and Dodson, whose research materialized in the Yerkes & Dodson law and continues to the present day, recently distinguishing the different impacts of anxiety on treatment effectiveness and effectiveness of performance, the first being significantly more affected and the level of the second not being found too much. visible differences. These types of studies are ba...... middle of paper ...... the units responsible for solving problems, and in the sense of reducing the use of attention by these units.REFERENCES:1 . Eysenck, MW. Anxiety: the cognitive perspective”, London, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd.2.Eysenck, McLeod & Matthews, “Cognitive functioning and psychological research” 3. Hampson, PJ, “Aspects of attention and cognitive science”. Irish Journal of Psychology'4.Hitch, GJ, 1978, 'The role of short-term memory in mental arithmetic. Cognitive psychology '5.Mark T. Keane & Eysenck, 'Cognitive psychology a student's manual'6.Miclea, M., 'Cognitive psychology. Theoretical and experimental method', Polirom, 20037. Shallice, T., 1988, 'From neuropsychology to mental structure', Cambridge University Press8. Shiffrin, RM & Schneider, W (1977), “Controlled and automatic processing of human information”, Psychology Review.