Opposite asymmetries in blind locomotor orientation of patients with panic agoraphobia compared to those with generalized anxiety

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-161

  Kállai, János ^a   Szabados, Zsófia ^a   Varga, József ^a   Ozsváth, Károly ^a   Molnár, Péter ^b   Kóczán, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Exploration; Fear; Functional cerebral asymmetry; Panic; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PANIC; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030273249     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(96)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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