Attentional bias in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 635-644

  Bryant, Richard A ^a   Harvey, Allison G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Information processing; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030710096     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100409     Document Type: Article

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