The looming of spiders: The fearful perceptual distortion of movement and menace

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 171-178

  Riskind, John H ^a   Moore, Roger ^a   Bowley, Laurie ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOBIA; SELF REPORT; SPIDER; THREAT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPIDERS;

EID: 0028874243     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(94)E0023-C     Document Type: Article

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