The Impact of Anxiety on Memory for Details in Spider Phobics

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-231

  Wessel, Ineke ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000975489     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199706)11:3<223::aid-acp444>3.3.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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