01274nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001000118653001200128653001200140653001400152100002600166245006000192300001000252490000700262520078300269022001401052020001401066       2005                            d  c01/2005bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aWorry10aAnxiety10aEmotion10aCognition1 aJ. Mª Prados Atienza00aCognition and Emotion: the scientific use of worry term  a37-480 v113 aResearch on normal and pathological worry has increased considerably in the last twenty years, and it seems promising for the study of the intriguing relationship between thought and emotion and for the understanding several disorders characterized by worry. However, some authors have criticized the scientific use of the term worry. For someone, worry and anxiety are synonymous. For others, worry is the cognitive component of anxiety, or at least a cognitive component of anxiety. In this work, we discuss this controversy and we analyze the multidimensional solution. A historical point of view and recent empiric and experimental data are addressed. Results are discussed against identification between worry and anxiety, and a cognitive use of the term worry is proposed.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437