Orienting of attention to threatening facial expressions presented under conditions of restricted awareness

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 713-740

  Mogg, Karin ^a,b   Bradley, Brendan P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001086937     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999399379050     Document Type: Article

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