First, the Canadian dollar has declined
significantly since October, which means that the non-resource sectors of our economy are receiving considerably
more stimulus than we projected then.
Moreover, a study by Kimonis et al. (2006) used the Dot - probe paradigm (an attentional task that indexes attentional orientation patterns for emotional
stimuli) with serious male adolescent offenders, revealing that those who had high levels of both CU traits and anxiety symptoms oriented
significantly more their attention toward emotionally distressing pictures, as compared to those with high levels of CU traits but low anxiety, who were not engaged by these
stimuli (Kimonis et al., 2012).