Social phobics do not see eye to eye: A visual scanpath study of emotional expression processing

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-44

  Horley, Kaye ^a,b   Williams, Lea M ^a,c   Gonsalvez, Craig ^b   Gordon, Evian ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion; Eye movements; Face processing; Social phobia; Visual scanpaths

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037211234     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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