Anxiety and the Allocation of Attention to Threat

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 653-670

  MacLeod, Colin ^a   Mathews, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; HUMAN; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024114326     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640748808402292     Document Type: Article

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