Attentional biases for facial expressions in social phobia: The face-in-the-crowd paradigm

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-318

  Gilboa Schechtman, Eva ^a   Foa, Edna B ^b   Amir, Nader ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000910369     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999399379294     Document Type: Article

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