A comparison memory recognition among students with and without social anxiety

Attention and memory are affected by mood stat sopresent study, the objective was to compare the style of recognition memory in social anxious individuals to healthy participants. 200 female students were selected by cluster sampling method among the high school students in Tehran. All of participants filled out the social anxiety inventory (SAI) (Moshavere,1380).Ultimately 60 participants were selected and divied in to 2 group 30 participants with SID (total score was more than 60) and 30 participants in control group.Data analysis by descriptive statistic and t-test. revealed that there is significant difference among social anxious individuals in comparison with healthy students.General conclusion is that social anxious people have recognition biasis about affective words.